The Good Phight · Mar 16, 2022
REPORT: Phillies sign Kyle Schwarber
After initially only committing to one free agent during the pre-lockout phase of the offseason, the Phillies have decided to enter the deep end of the pool instead of keeping their swimmies on in the shallow end. Prior to this, it was just relievers and the dominant half of a center field platoon, but now, they’ve gone big game fishing.
They got a big one.
Signing Schwarber fulfills a few of Dave Dombrowski’s demands. We saw in his end of season news conference that Dombrowski had a few goals he wanted to meet this offseason and depending on how you look at it, signing Schwarber helps check off a few boxes.
Middle of the order-type hitter? Check - .266/.374/.554 in 2021 with 32 HR and 74 RBI.