PHILADELPHIA – Kyle Schwarber on Thursday night finished second for the NL MVP Award.

Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani won unanimously with 30 first-place votes and 420 points. Schwarber finished second with 260 points (23 second-place, five third-place, one fourth-place, one fifth-place). Mets right fielder Juan Soto finished third with 231 points.

Other Phillies to receive MVP votes this year were Trea Turner (fifth place, 102 points) and Cristopher Sánchez (16 points).

Schwarber batted .240 with a NL-leading 56 home runs, an MLB-leading 132 RBIs, a .928 OPS and a 150 OPS+.

He ranked second in the NL in OPS and third in OPS+.

Schwarber’s monster season was well-timed, considering he is a free agent . The Phillies want him back, and Schwarber said he wants to return. The belie

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