PHILADELPHIA – Kyle Schwarber talked to a lot of people the past couple months.

The conversations started in Philadelphia. He had a good chat with Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski shortly after the Phils’ season ended in disappointment in October at Dodger Stadium.

Right before Schwarber’s family returned to Ohio for the winter, Phillies owner John Middleton visited Schwarber’s home in South Jersey. They had a long talk there about their families, the Phillies and their futures. Schwarber was not officially a free agent, but he was going to be soon.

Dombrowski and Middleton wanted Schwarber to leave town knowing how much they wanted him back.

“Those were just conversations that I never forgot,” Schwarber said on Wednesday afternoon.

Schwarber on Monday night

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