Phillies' Kyle Schwarber: Homers off Darvish in WBC loss
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Schwarber homered and walked for Team USA in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to Team Japan in the World Baseball Classic final.
Schwarber absolutely blistered a solo homer off Yu Darvish in the eighth inning to bring USA to within a run at 3-2. They would get no closer. Schwarber homered twice in the event while driving in four runs with a slash line of .214/.450/.643 over seven games.
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Phillies' Kyle Schwarber: Set to bat second
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Schwarber is expected to hit second for the Phillies this season, with offseason acquisition Trea Turner leading off, Scott Lauber of the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
Schwarber led off 123 times last season. He doesn't have the traditional speed for a leadoff man, and the role may have turned a few too many of his career-high 46 homers into solo shots, but his typically excellent walk rates make him a decent fit nonetheless. Turner owns a .355 career on-base percentage and also has far more speed, however, making him the obvious choice for manager Rob Thomson. Expect slightly fewer plate appearances for Schwarber this season as a result, but his overall value shouldn't change much with the move, as he'll get back in the RBI category whatever he loses in runs.
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Phillies' Kyle Schwarber: Homers again in loss
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Schwarber went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk during Saturday's 4-1 loss to the Astros in Game 6 of the World Series.
Schwarber blasted his third homer of the World Series and his sixth of the postseason, a 395-foot shot off Framber Valdez in the sixth inning. This home run marked a new career high for Schwarber in the playoffs despite losing the series to the Astros. The 29-year-old put the finishing touches on an impressive postseason, hitting .218 with a .392 OBP (15 walks) -- Schwarber walked for the eighth straight game Saturday night.
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Phillies' Kyle Schwarber: Solo shot in Game 5 loss
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Schwarber went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and a walk during Thursday's 3-2 loss to the Astros in Game 5 of the World Series.
Schwarber ignited the Philadelphia crowd with a game-tying homer off Justin Verlander to lead off the bottom of the first, but he was unable to record a hit for the rest of the night. This marked the 29-year-old's fifth postseason homer in 2022, matching the career high he set during his rookie campaign in 2015 while playing for the Cubs. Schwarber's plate discipline has been outstanding all year -- after setting a career high for walks in the regular season (86), he has recorded a remarkable 14 walks in the postseason, spanning 64 plate appearances. Schwarber was 1-for-2 with a walk in Game 2 against projected Game 5 starter Framber Valdez.
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Phillies' Kyle Schwarber: Mashes homer in Game 3
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Schwarber went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run and a walk during Tuesday's 7-0 win over the Astros in Game 3 of the World Series.
Schwarber made the score 6-0 with a two-run blast off Lance McCullers in the fifth inning Tuesday night, the fourth homer of five for the Phillies during Game 3. The 29-year-old continued his solid postseason, hitting his fourth homer and recording his 12th walk. By reaching base two more times in his four plate appearances, Schwarber's postseason OBP has climbed to a stellar .400. Getting on base is important for the leadoff man in any lineup, and Schwarber's success at reaching base is one of the many reasons why the Phillies are just two wins away from winning the World Series. He will look to keep the positive momentum going against projected starter Cristian Javier in Game 4.
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Phillies' Kyle Schwarber: Swipes second bag of NLCS in win
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Schwarber went 0-for-1 with a stolen base, three walks and a run scored during Sunday's 4-3 win over the Padres in Game 5 of the NLCS.
Schwarber was able to record his 12th steal of the season in the third inning off Yu Darvish, and he would go on to score after a Rhys Hoskins homer to give the Phillies a 2-0 lead. The 29-year-old did an amazing job as the leadoff man Sunday, drawing three walks in a single game for the fourth time this season. Schwarber came into Game 5 with a .529 OBP in the NLCS, and his three-walk performance raised his OBP to a stellar .571. He has set the tone on offense as the leadoff man in the Philadelphia lineup and will look to do the same in the World Series.
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Phillies' Kyle Schwarber: Smacks another homer in NLCS
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Schwarber went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, two additional runs scored and a walk during Saturday's 10-6 win over the Padres in Game 4 of the NLCS.
Schwarber continued to be an OBP machine during the NLCS, reaching base three more times, including a 429-foot blast off Luis Garcia in the sixth inning. The 29-year-old has an astonishing .529 OBP in the NLCS with one RBI in all four games. After entering the NLCS just 1-for-20 in the postseason, Schwarber has completely turned it around, and he is making an impact nightly for the Phillies, who are one win away from reaching the World Series. Schwarber is 4-for-11 with two homers in his career against projected Game 5 starter Yu Darvish.
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Phillies' Kyle Schwarber: Smashes leadoff homer
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Schwarber went 2-for-4 with a solo home run during Friday's Game 3 of the NLCS in the 4-2 win over the Padres.
Schwarber hit his second homer of the NLCS, a 405-foot blast off Joe Musgrove to begin the bottom of the first inning, setting the tone for the Phillies in the crucial win. The 28-year-old has knocked in a run in all three games of the NLCS, and he is now one shy of 100 RBI for the season. Coming into the offseason as one of the top targets in free agency, Schwarber is delivering on his four-year, $79 million contract. The big-swinging lefty has a .500 OBP and two homers over 12 plate appearances in the NLCS, proving to be a hard out for Padres pitchers.
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Phillies' Kyle Schwarber: Swipes bag in Game 2 loss
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Schwarber went 0-for-3 with an RBI, a stolen base and a walk during the 8-5 loss to the Padres on Wednesday afternoon in Game 2 of the NLCS.
Schwarber recorded his 11th stolen base of the season, but he was unable to match his Game 1 performance that included a single and a solo home run. The 29-year-old outfielder is now 11-for-12 on steal attempts in 2022, but he will look to get back in the hit column as the Phillies return home for Game 3 of the NLCS on Friday night.
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Phillies' Kyle Schwarber: Smashes homer in Game 1
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Schwarber went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk during Tuesday's 2-0 win over the Padres in Game 1 of the NLCS.
Schwarber hit a Yu Darvish cutter 488 feet into the second deck of Petco Park to give the Phillies a 2-0 lead in the six inning. The 29-year-old lefty ended the regular season with four homers in the final four games and looked primed for the postseason, but he was only 1-for-20 prior to Game 1 of the NLCS. Schwarber broke out of his postseason slump in a big way, accounting for two of the Phillies' three hits on the night and reaching base his first three at bats.
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Phillies' Kyle Schwarber: Out of lineup Tuesday
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Schwarber isn't starting Tuesday's game against the Astros, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports.
Following an 8-for-13 stretch over the last four games (including four homers) to help the Phillies secure a postseason berth, Schwarber will get a day off Tuesday along with most of the regulars. While he rests, Matt Vierling will start in left field and bat seventh.
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Phillies' Kyle Schwarber: Launches two solo shots
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Schwarber went 2-for-3 with two solo home runs in Monday's 3-0 win over the Astros.
The Philadelphia slugger crushed Houston's pitching staff with two long balls, which accounted for two of Philadelphia's three runs on the night. Schwarber now has an NL-best 46 home runs this season and has reached 94 RBI and 100 runs scored, all career highs. He is slashing .219/.324/.506 in 154 games this season.
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Phillies' Kyle Schwarber: Drives in three runs
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Schwarber went 2-for-3 with three RBI in Sunday's 8-1 win over the Nationals.
Schwarber cleared the bases with a three-run single in the fifth inning. He has three multi-RBI performances over his last 11 games but didn't drive in a run in any of the other eight contests. The lefty slugger owns an .815 OPS with 92 RBI and 68 extra-base hits this season.
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Phillies' Kyle Schwarber: Homers twice in win
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Schwarber went 3-for-4 with two solo home runs in an 8-2 victory over the Nationals on Saturday.
Schwarber helped power his team to victory in a game with serious playoff implications by launching a couple of solo shots. The performance moves him to 44 long balls on the season, second only to Aaron Judge. The most home runs that Schwarber had previously hit in a single season was 38 in 2019. He currently has 89 RBI and could be on the precipice of surpassing his career-high total of 92 from that same year.
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Phillies' Kyle Schwarber: Triples, steals home
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Schwarber went 1-for-3 with a triple, a stolen base and one run scored in a 13-4 loss to the Nationals in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader.
Schwarber wasted no time in getting the Phillies on the board, ripping a leadoff triple to left off Anibal Sanchez on the very first pitch of the game. The outfielder then stole home after J.T. Realmuto went down on strikes three batters later for his 10th steal of the season. Schwarber has gone 4-for-20 with two steals, two home runs, two RBI and six runs scored across his last six games.
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Phillies' Kyle Schwarber: Scores twice, steals base
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Schwarber went 1-for-4 with a double, a stolen base and two runs scored in Wednesday's loss to the Cubs.
Schwarber was hit by a pitch in his second at-bat and came around to score the Phillies' first run later that inning after stealing second base. He then tried to spark a comeback for Philadelphia in the seventh with a leadoff double before coming around to score the team's second and final run of the game on a Bryce Harper groundout. Schwarber is hitting just .207 in September with six homers, nine RBI and 14 runs scored to go along with three steals.
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Phillies' Kyle Schwarber: Belts two homers
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Schwarber went 2-for-3 with two solo homers, three runs scored and two walks in Sunday's 8-7 loss to Atlanta.
The lefty slugger belted a leadoff home run followed by another solo blast in the third inning, both coming against starter Charlie Morton. Schwarber is now up to 42 homers with 87 RBI and 93 runs scored through 146 games. He'd been stuck in a 1-for-15 slump with eight punchouts since his last long ball Sep. 20. Schwarber improved his season slash line to .214/.314/.487.
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Phillies' Kyle Schwarber: Reaches 40-homer mark
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Schwarber went 2-for-5 with a three-run home run and an additional run in Tuesday's 18-11 loss to the Blue Jays.
Schwarber's eighth-inning blast off reliever Julian Merryweather was his third in five games and his 40th of the season. Though he holds a three-homer edge on Atlanta's Austin Riley for the National League lead in the category, Schwarber's power production has largely gone unnoticed while the Yankees' Aaron Judge owns a 20-homer advantage over Schwarber for the MLB lead. Even so, Schwarber has still paid dividends for those that invested in him in fantasy drafts, as his power output to go along with his 87 runs, 81 RBI and seven stolen bases has mostly offset his lowly .213 batting average over 525 at-bats.
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Phillies' Kyle Schwarber: Launches solo shot in loss
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Schwarber went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 7-2 loss to Atlanta.
Schwarber launched a solo homer in the fourth inning. It was his 39th homer of the season, which is good for second in baseball. He has homers in back-to-back games and has three this month. The outfielder extended his hitting streak to three games, something he has done three times this month. He is now slashing .214/.311/.486 on the season.
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Phillies' Kyle Schwarber: Steals seventh base
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Schwarber went 0-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base in a 2-1 win Tuesday in Miami.
Schwarber walked and stole his seventh base of the season in the first inning. He's 7-for-8 in stolen base attempts this season after going 12-for-23 in his first seven seasons. Tuesday's game was just the third time in his last 14 games where he did not strike out. With 179 strikeouts through 141 games, he has a good shot at fanning 200 times this year.
