PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Kyle Schwarber didn’t grow up with Kris Bryant, as Bryce Harper did. He doesn’t have a reputation for hitting moonshots at the absolute worst times, as Nick Castellanos does. But, Schwarber does solve a lot of the team’s lineup problems, and ultimately, that is what the Schwarber signing is intended to do.
Schwarber reportedly agreed to a four-year contract with the Phillies on Wednesday morning to be their new left fielder. The immediate terms of the deal are yet to be revealed, but according to The Athletic’s Jayson Stark, it carries an annual average value of just under $20 million.