Reported Kyle Schwarber Deal Leaves Phillies with Wiggle Room
More info coming in on the Schwarber deal:
#Phillies deal with Kyle Schwarber, pending physical, is a 4-year agreement with an AAV just under $20 million per year, sources tell The Athletic.
@JSalisburyNBCS was on this
— Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) March 16, 2022
That’s not as much as I thought it would be. This should give them about.. 10 million-ish to play with up to the luxury tax, which the Phillies have never paid. Matt Gelb reported the other day they won’t pay it this year either, because Dave Dombrowski has been instructed not to crest $230 million.
This allows them to make another move. It’s not going to be Kris Bryant, with their remaining self-imposed cap space, but they can probably get someone like Kenley Jansen in here.
This is what the top-end of the salary chart looks like, without Schwarber added in:
