No homecoming for Kyle Schwarber as star gets deal elsewhere, per report

CINCINNATI (WXIX) – There will not be a homecoming for Middletown native Kyle Schwarber and the Cincinnati Reds.

On Tuesday, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported the news that Schwarber is going back to the Philadelphia Phillies.

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The Reds had been among the teams interested in the 32-year-old free agent who was the National League MVP runner-up in 2025.

Cincinnati did make an offer to Schwarber that was for five years and $125 million, according to The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal.

Like the Reds, the Phillies also made a five-year offer to Schwarber, but Philadelphia’s proposed contract was for $150 million, Rosenthal said.

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