Schwarber, 32, is eligible for free agency after the season. Although there’s mutual interest, talks didn’t progress in spring training, and the sides agreed to table things until after the season.

The Phillies announce their lineup for Friday game against the Los Angeles Angels coming off the All-Star break

After winning the World Series in 2008, and getting back to there the next season, former Phillies GM Ruben Amaro traded for Roy Halladay, Roy Oswalt, Hunter Pence, signed Cliff Lee as a free agent to go along with a star-studded lineup.

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Phillies designated hitter Kyle Schwarber won MVP of the 2025 MLB All-Star Game after helping the National League beat the American League in the first-ever swing-off.

The Philadelphia Phillies slugger took two pitches — a ball and then a strike — before teeing up a 366-foot "Schwarbomb" to right-center field in the bottom of the first inning Friday night against the Los Angeles Angels.

Kyle Schwarber went 3 for 3 in the first All-Star Game home run swing-off to put the National League ahead 4-3 following a 6-6 tie in which the American League rallied from a six-run deficit.

It’s not quite Mark McGwire vs. Sammy Sosa, but Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber and Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani are putting on thei