Attention big league hurlers: Stop pitching to Kyle Schwarber.
Or don’t, because what he’s been doing lately has been truly and unbelievably fun to watch.
Sure, we’ve known for darn near a decade now that the erstwhile Big Ten slugger swings a loud, electric bat. But Schwarber, our big, beautiful Hoosier boy, has happened upon a historic power surge that’s put him in a conversation along with such names as Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa. Yep. That’s right. What Schwarber has done over the past few weeks with the Washington Nationals is something to behold.
With two home runs in Monday’s 8-4 Washington win over the New York Mets, Schwarber joined Bonds (2001) and Sosa (1998) as the only big leaguers to hit 15 homers in 17 games.