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@evanalvarez8 He's the best player on the Phillies, even though he's about the 8th highest paid player. But, he's a free agent at the end of the year, and he's gonna get PAID, hopefully by the Phillies.
I hope he does, but baseball is weird. Schwarber will be 33 once next season starts and does not have a position on defense. A lot of MLB teams get scared at that and will low ball him. He'll find a home and he'll get millions of dollars, but I really hope he doesn't have to settle. Some teams can be ruthless in contract negotiations nowadays more than ever. I'm always in Kyle's camp though and hope he gets what he deserves.
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@evanalvarez8 All true, but the Phillies have been happy to pay in the past, and they have repeatedly given dudes contracts into their late thirties or early forties in order to lower the AAV and get tax relief.
Wouldn't surprise me if the Phillies gave him 7 years and like 200 million. That would only be a 8 million a year raise in AAV, but he probably won't get 7 years on the open market at his age.
@evanalvarez8 All true, but the Phillies have been happy to pay in the past, and they have repeatedly given dudes contracts into their late thirties or early forties in order to lower the AAV and get tax relief.
Wouldn't surprise me if the Phillies gave him 7 years and like 200 million. That would only be a 8 million a year raise in AAV, but he probably won't get 7 years on the open market at his age.
If Schwarber gets that contract I will be ecstatic! I'm pessimistic it reaches that value, however, but I really hope I'm wrong. Let's see what happens come February, haha!
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@hoosieralum07 Thanks for the article here. So $100M is the number, roughly. Pete Alonso is a decent comparison. 30 years old, 1B is not an important defensive position, very good slugger, got 2 years / $54M ($27 per year on average).
Schwarber is 2 years older than Pete and doesn't even play 1B, he's strictly a DH. I could see him getting 2 years / $60M ($30 avg), 3 years / $80M ($27 avg), or if that $100M article is the future, then maybe 4 years / $100M ($25 avg) where it's frontloaded.
I love Schwarber and he is having a career year, but there are a lot of factors working against him contract wise that MLB teams are scared to commit to.
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Good for him....send some of those $$$$ back to the IU Baseball program.
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He ended up getting 5 years and 150 mil from the Phillies. I'm surprised they didn't stretch it out further to lower the tax number.
And the Schwarbino hit a bomb in his first spring training at bat. Lol.
He ended up getting 5 years and 150 mil from the Phillies. I'm surprised they didn't stretch it out further to lower the tax number.
That's a lot of money for Schwarber imo, and a lot of years. The Phillies ate an extra year or two because their window is right now, which is fair enough I guess.
I love Schwarber, but as an outside observer, that contract may not age great in years 4 and 5.
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Yeah, Schwarber put them in a pickle by being the best player on the team last year. They didn't have much choice but to pay him. The length is likely an attempt to lower the tax number.
Hockey teams used to do this sort of contract goofiness to get their stars signed and stay under the cap. It eventually got too blatant and the league voided one or two contracts like that. The Phillies have done the same thing. Harper is under contract until age 39. Trea Turner until 41. There's no way Turner will play that long. Harper has been on the DL every year for the past 4 or 5 years. He probably won't make it to 39. Cost of doing business.