You can’t let a guy like that walk away. We know it. The Phillies know it. And, yeah, Schwarber’s agent knows it. Hopefully, we're just waiting on the two sides to split the difference on his price.
The Washington Post included Boston, New York, Los Angeles, and even Cleveland on its list of America's best sports cities. Philly didn't make it. Here's why it should have.
The only realistic option for the Phillies is to find a team that is looking to shed a similarly overpriced contract. Even then, Dave Dombrowski may have to further incentivize an interested party.
How about signing Alonso, moving Bryce Harper to the outfield, and keeping Bohm around? There are lots of reasons it won’t happen. But that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t.
Projecting Bader’s fair market value is easier said than done. He had a career-best .796 OPS in 2025, but a hamstring injury plagued him in the playoffs, much like his career.
Dave Dombrowski didn’t offer many direct answers in his year-end news conference on Thursday, but there were a handful of draw-your-own-conclusions moments.
John Middleton could have done the easy thing and deluded himself into thinking that a different manager might have had the Phillies back in the NLCS. He didn’t, and that’s a good thing.