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Kyle Schwarber is having quite a 2025 season. The Phillies slugger, who is just a few months away from independence, has chosen the right moment to enjoy his best season ever, as he is on track to set personal bests in a number of statistical categories.
Of the lot, circuits, while his 49 long balls were already a personal career high. But with three weeks still to go on the calendar, Schwarber wanted to reach the 50 plateau.
Because, after all, saying you're a 50-homer hitter sounds pretty good when it comes to negotiating a new contract, you know.
Schwarber had been pretty quiet for a few days… but last night, he finally broke through: he hit his 50th Schwarbomb of the season.
And he really, really didn't miss.
KYLE SCHWARBER REACHES 50 HOME RUNS! pic.twitter.com/8YRpNyJ59n
– MLB (@MLB) September 10, 2025
Schwarber became only the second hitter in Phillies history to hit 50 home runs in a single season, joining Ryan Howard (58 home runs in 2006, the year he won the MVP award). He is also the second to reach the 50 long ball plateau this season, after Cal Raleigh.
In fact, it's only the 14th time in MLB history that two guys have hit 50 long balls in a season. And we know that Shohei Ohtani (48), Eugenio Suarez (45) and Aaron Judge (44) still have time to join them.
This is the 14th season in MLB history there have at least two 50-HR hitters in the same season, with Phillies DH Kyle Schwarber joining Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh.
– Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) September 10, 2025
And of course, seeing Schwarber do it in front of his fans made the moment even more special. We know how much he's loved in Philly (where the fan base is pretty… intense), and the folks there gave him some love.
And deservedly so.
A curtain call and standing ovation from the @Phillies faithful for Kyle Schwarber! pic.twitter.com/721OGpvVc9
– MLB (@MLB) September 10, 2025
Fans were also able to celebrate their team's 9-3 victory over the Mets, with the Phillies now nine games clear at the top of the division.
Barring a historic catastrophe, they'll win their division.
A big feat for Schwarber, then, who reaches the 50-home-run plateau in a season for the first time in his career, cementing his place as a real MVP candidate in the Nationals.
And when you look at the reaction of the fans in Philadelphia, it's hard not to think of Schwarber's agent, who must be smiling as he sees all the leverage he'll have at his disposal during the upcoming contract negotiations.
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