Kyle Schwarber is still only 24, at least for a few more weeks until his birthday on March 5. He's younger than half of the six players who were finalists for 2017's Rookie of the Year awards. But despite his youth and relative inexperience -- even now, he's played in only 200 regular-season games -- his story already has more chapters written than plenty of players far older than he is.
After all that's happened, all the ups and downs, it's still somewhat unclear what Schwarber's future will be. But since winter is ending and Spring Training is nearing, let's try to take the optimistic view.