He has ‘a gift’: How his struggles taught Kyle Schwarber to be MLB’s ultimate glue guy

04/02/2023

Senior writer ESPN Magazine/ESPN.com
Analyst/reporter ESPN television
Author of “The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty”

ARLINGTON, Texas — Kyle Schwarber was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies before last season to hit for power, and in this, he excelled, mashing 52 homers in the regular season and postseason combined. That’s more than anyone in baseball last season not named Aaron Judge. And Schwarber’s home runs — parabolic, titanic, majestic as they often are — tended to have the effect of posterizing slam dunks in their impact on crowds, opponents and teammates.

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