{"id":314952,"date":"2025-11-29T19:48:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T19:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/314952\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T19:48:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T19:48:07","slug":"phillies-kyle-schwarber-currently-not-close-to-a-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/314952\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies, Kyle Schwarber Currently “Not Close To A Deal”"},"content":{"rendered":"

There has been plenty of mutual interest between the Phillies and Kyle Schwarber<\/a>, leading to a sense around the league (and among MLBTR\u2019s staff<\/a>) that Schwarber\u2019s free agent path will ultimately lead him back to the City of Brotherly Love.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t appear, however, that a reunion is imminent, as MLB.com\u2019s Todd Zolecki<\/a> wrote earlier this week that the two sides \u201care not close to a deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zolecki didn\u2019t specify if there has been any standstill in talks, or if there is a sizable gap between the two sides in terms of money or contract length.\u00a0 By that same measure, there\u2019s also nothing to indicate that talks couldn\u2019t heat up with a single phone call.\u00a0 All in all, the news shouldn\u2019t be construed as a sign that Schwarber won\u2019t re-sign, or that either party is favoring another option.<\/p>\n

It has only been a little over three weeks since free agents have been allowed to negotiate with other teams, and most of the top names on the market are still testing the waters.\u00a0 A couple of the most prominent early signings (Josh Naylor<\/a> to the Mariners, Raisel Iglesias<\/a> to the Braves) did involve players quickly opting to re-up with their former teams, which perhaps raised hopes among Philadelphia fans that a new deal with Schwarber might also resolved in rapid fashion.\u00a0 A little over two years ago, Aaron Nola<\/a> entered free agency but then worked out his seven-year, $172MM deal with the Phillies within just a couple of weeks of the market opening.<\/p>\n

As Zolecki simply puts it, \u201cthere\u2019s no reason to rush it\u201d for Schwarber\u2019s camp at this point, given how much interest the slugger is generating in the wake of his 56-homer season.\u00a0 The Red Sox, Orioles, and (surprisingly) the Pirates have all been publicly linked to Schwarber\u2019s market thus far, plus the Reds have been mentioned as a speculative contender since they need hitting help and Schwarber is from the Cincinnati area.\u00a0 DH-only players entering their age-33 seasons don\u2019t usually command the kind of attention Schwarber is garnering, but then again, Schwarber\u2019s career year is just one of 23 seasons of 56+ home runs in baseball history.<\/p>\n

The fact that Schwarber is essentially the Phillies\u2019 top priority (give or take J.T. Realmuto<\/a>) gives the slugger added leverage.\u00a0 He and his agents can likely afford to wait and see what other offers emerge, with the comfort of knowing that Philadelphia might well match or top whatever rival offer is put on the table.\u00a0 From the Phillies\u2019 perspective, they will likely wait on Schwarber before proceeding with any other major offseason business, apart from matters that wouldn\u2019t be impacted by Schwarber staying or leaving \u2014 i.e. negotiating with Realmuto, trying to trade Nick Castellanos<\/a>, or perhaps looking for bullpen help.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s some risk for the Phillies in that if Schwarber signed elsewhere after taking several more weeks, the Phils could be left behind in their offseason shopping if other free agents have already left the market.\u00a0 That said, rival agents are also aware of this scenario, and could advise their clients to wait on their own decisions just in case a Schwarber-less Phillies team suddenly broadens its free agent horizons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There has been plenty of mutual interest between the Phillies and Kyle Schwarber, leading to a sense around…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,463,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-314952","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-kyle-schwarber","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}