[Passan] BREAKING: Slugger Kyle Schwarber and the Philadelphia Phillies are finalizing a five-year, $150 million contract, sources tell ESPN. The NL MVP runner-up, one of the best home run hitters and clubhouse leaders in baseball, is returning to Philadelphia.

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1. No surprise

2. Good for you Schwarbs, miss him but glad he plays for a franchise that opens the checkbook for him

   I bet Tucker goes this week too

3. Mildly triggered by someone on r/baseball saying back home as he should be.

4. Another market / owner that will spend to win.

   People will comment in here about the $$$. Who cares. If your owner is willing to spend then it doesn’t fucking matter.

5. 🎶 *baby come back, you can blame it all on me* 🎶

6. I love not being a major market team

7. Feels like a classic “two things can be true”

   1. Cubs ownership should spend more
   2. Based on the budget like set, $30m AAV for an aging DH probably isn’t the best way for the Cubs to have spent.

   Good for Kyle, however. Good player and deserves the bag.

8. Fuck the Ricketts

9. 

   Would of loved for him to come back but can’t be upset when a team owner is willing to spend to compete

10. 🎶 There goes my heroooooooooooooo. Watch him as he goes. 🎶

11. 

12. Glad he’s not coming home to the NL Central at least.

    Though honestly I was kinda rooting for the Pirates out of pity.

13. Just fell to my knees in a Portillo’s

14. Tbf he didn’t make much sense for the Cubs who have plenty of options at DH, but it still feels bad.

15. Dont worry guys, I am sure the Cubs will find some Great Value players.

16. As fun as it would have been to have him back, and god could we have used his slugging, he does kinda feel like a bonafide Philly at this point

17. Oh man.

18. I don’t think anyone saw this coming.

19. Philly was going to riot if they let him walk. Makes sense

20. Didn’t think he was coming back. Forever a Cub.

21. A friendly reminder because this sub often forgets – baseball players have free will and you probably don’t know more than the people in the front office.

    Sometimes people just don’t want to play here and no reasonable amount of money was going to get Schwarber back.

22. Kyle is insane, but I have a feeling in 2029 $30 million / year is going to feel like a LOT

23. Aw man

24. Sad 2016 noises

25. Super happy for him. Is one of my favorites and the only one to maybe make the hall of fame from the 16 Cubs that isn’t a pitcher.

26. Somewhere, that home run ball is still floating in the Allegheny 🥲

27. again shows stupidity of the ownership for letting this guy go in the first place the way they did. Total morons letting a guy like this just walk.

28. Get that bag Kyle!

29. Let’s be real, Ricketts wouldn’t have paid this amount anyway.

30. ):