Kyle Schwarber , who hit 56 home runs this past season for the Phillies, and who still might end up beating out Shohei Ohtani for National League MVP, is about to become a free agent. That is a lot of home runs to hit the market and more RBIs – 132 – than anybody in baseball. It’s kind of a big deal, for someone with big numbers like that.

He didn’t hit as many home runs as Aaron Judge did on his way to free agency after hitting 62 for the Yankees back in 2022. But it’s more than Judge hit for the Yankees this season, and more than Ohtani hit for the Dodgers, more than anybody except Cal Raleigh’s 60. Before the Phillies lost a heartbreak Game 4 on Thursday night to the Dodgers , the lasting image of Schwarber – for the season, maybe for his Phillies career – was the two home runs he h

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