ORLANDO, Fla. — Dave Dombrowski played coy on Tuesday inside the Phillies’ suite at the Winter Meetings. It didn’t matter that the talk of the resort was about his club reportedly finalizing a deal with prized designated hitter Kyle Schwarber to keep the slugger in Philadelphia for the next five years. The president of baseball operations was not ready to name names or provide details.
“I don’t even know who you’re talking about, so I’ll just be hypothetical,” Dombrowski said. “If we’re able to bring back our big-name free agent I’d be thrilled. But I don’t really want to get into too much at this point on it, just because I’m just not in a position to be able to do that.