Will the Philadelphia Phillies find a way to keep one of the best sluggers in baseball with the organization beyond the 2025 Major League Baseball season?
Philadelphia has been fortunate to have Kyle Schwarber with the team since the 2022 season. He signed a four-year, $79 million deal with the Phillies but it will expire at the end of the season. Schwarber surely will be one of the top free agents on the open market if he ends up getting there and doesn't land an extension with the Phillies.
But, what could a deal cost?
ESPN's Jeff Passan shared a column projecting the next "mega-contracts" across the league and Schwarber's name popped up. Passan had different tiers of values and had Schwarber in his tier of $100 million or more.
"Kyle Schwarber, DH, Philadelphia Phillies: A designated hitter who's going to be 33 next Opening Day getting a nine-figure deal? Schwarber is an outlier in so many other respects, so why not here, too? He is terminally productive," Passan said. "He is an exceptional clubhouse leader. Nobody would blink at giving him $25 million a year, and a four-year ask -- particularly in a class weak on high-end bats -- is eminently reasonable."
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He's been great so far this season and is leading the league with 11 home runs to go along with 26 RBIs, 24 runs scored, and a solid .242/.397/.558 slash line. The Phillies have a star on their hands and it would make sense to do everything to keep him in town. He's currently on a $79 million deal and has outperformed it. Is he worth nine figures now for Philadelphia?
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