The market for Kyle Schwarber is taking shape ahead of baseball’s annual Winter Meetings next week.

Re-signing the 32-year-old slugger is said to be a priority for the Phillies, but sources told MLB.com’s Todd Zolecki last week that no deal was close between the two sides. As a result, the door is open for another club to swoop in, and one of Philadelphia’s biggest rivals has emerged as a possible landing spot.

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According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the Mets are “in the mix” for Schwarber, who finished second in the voting for the 2025 National League Most Valuable Player Award after hitting 56 homers in 2025. On paper, he's an obvious fit for New York. The club needs power after Pete Alonso opted out, it just traded one of its top left-handed bats in Brandon Nimmo and

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