Shortly after he signed on in D.C., agreeing to a 1-year/$10M contract after six seasons in Chicago, Kyle Schwarber got a call from Washington Nationals’ hitting coach Kevin Long, who told Schwarber that he wanted to get together with the now-former Cubs’ slugger.
“He reached out after I signed and just congratulated me,” the 27-year-old outfielder said on a Zoom call with reporters from West Palm Beach, FL., “and we started talking about hitting and he just mentioned about coming out and I said, ‘Come out whenever.’ I’m like, ‘Let’s go. I’m ready.’”
Long, of course, didn’t hesitate to accept the invitation to get together and talk hitting.