Kyle Schwarber is a free agent, and Sports Illustrated predicted he will leave the Phillies to join a division rival.

Schwarber is valued highly by the Phillies, but it's not obvious how the market will view him. If not the Phillies, who is it?

Kyle Schwarber might be the first major free agent domino off the board. Which MLB teams are positioned to pounce on the Philadelphia Phillies slugger?

The Philadelphia Phillies know they have been fortunate to have Kyle Schwarber for the last four years, and they'd like to keep him.

"The @reds signing @kschwarb12 would add big power to the lineup and bring a Middletown native back to Southwest Ohio!" Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tweeted.

Left-handed slugger Kyle Schwarber is entering MLB free agency for the first time since the 2022 offseason, and this time, he is positioned to command a significantly more lucrative deal. His four-year, $79 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies proved to be a major success, both for the team and for Schwarber’s career trajectory.

If Kyle Schwarber leaves the Philadelphia Phillies, here are the three best fits for the left-handed-hitting slugger.

Schwarber’s trophy case already speaks volumes. He is a three-time All-Star and a Silver Slugger Award winner, with one NL MVP finalist nod added to the mix. His 2025 season was arguably the best of his career, combining durability, power and consistency in a way few hitters matched.

J.T. Realmuto marched into free agency in 2020 as the consensus best catcher in baseball and set out to get paid accordingly. He can’t make that claim anymore. But just as the catcher-record $23.1 million average annual salary that Realmuto received from the Phillies five years ago symbolized his stature among backstops,