A decade into his time in the bigs, Kyle Schwarber is having what you might call "a career year," which is pretty impressive for a slugger who’d already put together quite the career ever since he was drafted No. 4 overall by the Cubs way back in 2014. At 32 years old, Schwarber is currently showing career highs in slugging percentage, OPS+, and runs driven in; with a full month left to go, he’s just two homers short of his personal best of 47, set two seasons ago.
He’s probably going to become just the second Phillie ever to hit 50 homers in a season. Only 13 Phillies have ever hit more total homers for the team – and he’s been there just four seasons. He’s the only player ever to hit at least 38 homers in each of his first four seasons with any team. To say that the four-year d