Heading into MLB free agency, there are certainly questions about which players will get more money than they likely deserve.
With contracts being as big as they’ve been over the past few years, it’s fair to wonder which players could end up getting that this winter. On one hand, players like Juan Soto and Shohei Ohtani deserve every dollar in the world because of what they bring to teams, but many also don’t believe that a $700-plus million deal is worthy of anybody.
Some don’t think that $100 million-plus deals are worthy to other players, and for the Philadelphia Phillies, that’s something they’ll have to consider with Kyle Schwarber.
Will Kyle Schwarber be overpaid?
Schwarber is one of the most important players on the Phillies, arguably the best hitter in their lineup this season by a considerable margin.
All Schwarber has done throughout the campaign is swing the bat at a high level, evident by his nearly 55 home runs. However, for a player who doesn’t play a position and is only a DH, his value might not be as high as some think. For insider Robert Murray, he believes that Schwarber could be overpaid this winter due to some of those reasons.
“I absolutely LOVE Kyle Schwarber. He is my favorite player in baseball not named Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge, and if I were running a team, I’d want him on my roster.
“I know for a fact I’m not alone with that thinking. Schwarber is going to have many teams in the running for his services this winter, with the Philadelphia Phillies surely going to attempt to re-sign the star slugger. The Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants and really any big market or midwest team (Schwarber grew up in the midwest) make sense when it comes to pursuing him. Bidding wars often lead to crazy contracts,” he wrote.
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As he touched on, the bidding war for Schwarber could get intense.
Considering how many teams would love to add a left-handed hitting slugger who can blast 50-plus in a year, that thinking makes sense.
Reports have indicated that the Phillies want him back, and he wants to stay in Philadelphia, so hopefully, even if the team has to overpay, that’ll be what happens.
