Priority No. 1 for Dave Dombrowski and the Phillies front office last offseason was to improve the roster from an on-field perspective. As it turns out, the clubhouse needed some attention as well.
Dombrowski said that Kyle Schwarber was the first free agent the team contacted once the lockout ended. He was the team’s primary target mostly because he was one of the better power bats on the market. Schwarber’s intangibles also appealed to the Phillies, who signed him to a four-year, $79 million contract.