Phillies remain committed to keeping Schwarber and his homers with the team beyond 2025

PHILADELPHIA AP Kyle Schwarber s deep shots from Philadelphia to the All-Star Event often end up going going gone The Phillies aren t ready to say goodbye to their star slugger quite yet as Schwarber s four-year -million contract expires at the end of the season Fresh off winning All-Star Tournament MVP honors after he hit three homers in the meeting s first-ever swing-off Schwarber and his status for when Philadelphia will host the battle remain a pressing need for the Phillies We love him We want to keep him Phillies manager partner John Middleton noted ahead of Friday s - loss to the Los Angeles Angels in the series-opening meeting In the All-Star Encounter in Atlanta on Tuesday night Schwarber homered on all three of his swings going down to his left knee on the final one to give the National League a - swing-off win after a - tie through nine innings Schwarber entered the second half of the season with homers and RBIs for NL East-leading Philadelphia He hit a solo shot in the first inning Friday night Schwarber led the NL with homers in his first season with the Phillies and followed with in and a year ago Often hitting from the leadoff spot until this season Schwarber drove in runs each of the last two seasons We need no motivation whatsoever when it comes to Kyle Schwarber Middleton explained He s great We thought he was great when we signed him years ago We thought he was great consistently through the years There s nothing Kyle does that surprises us No matter how great he is we expect that from Kyle He s a great person in the dugout He s a great person in the clubhouse The -year-old Schwarber should command well beyond the million he signed for ahead of the season Schwarber won a World Series with the Cubs in He also played in Washington and Boston but has seemed to find a home in Philadelphia where his mammoth homers dubbed Schwarbombs have made him arguably the the majority popular Phillies star Schwarber reported during the All-Star break that he desired to keep the focus on helping the Phillies win their first World Series since We had conversations in the spring and obviously they didn t progress he explained We just kind of tabled them aside and desired to focus on the season Obviously there s interest on my side I know there s going to be interest on their side there coming up at the end of the year We re going to see where that takes us If that s us striking up a deal that s us striking up a deal AP MLB https apnews com hub MLB Source