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Kyle Schwarber Hit Career Home Run #300 in Typical Schwarber Fashion
By Luke Arcaini
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Kyle Schwarber hit his 300th career home run late in Monday night’s win over the Rockies, and it was a bomb:
466 feet off of the third deck, 109.3 mph off the bat. It was the 3rd-longest home run in all of baseball in 2025, and his longest since 2023.
Schwarber became the 11th active player to hit 300 career home runs. It’s been one of the best career turns in a long time, after getting non-tendered by the Chicago Cubs on December 2nd, 2020. It took Kyle Schwarber 664 games to reach 153 home runs with the Cubs, Nationals, and Red Sox. It took him 512 games to hit 147 home runs in Philadelphia.
Now in the cleanup spot (or 3rd against lefties), Schwarber has had to adjust at the plate. He’s not always hunting first pitch anymore. He has one of the best eyes in all of baseball, and he’s continued to use that to his advantage in 2025. He isn’t showing any signs of slowing down; in fact, the older he gets, the better he’s getting at the plate.
It’s a cool milestone. I think the biggest thing is there’s a lot more to come. If they asked 12-year-old Kyle if he’d hit 300 homers, I would have said, ‘Probably not.’ Right? But I’ve always loved the game and I didn’t know what it would hold, but it’s been really gracious to me.
One of Schwarber’s biggest developments over the last two years has been getting on base more. His first two years in Philadelphia were electric, but he was striking out a lot. It felt like home run or bust at some points. Now, he’s getting deep in counts, not chasing, and using the entire field. But pitchers know they can’t ever get comfortable around Schwarber, because he’ll still drive the ball 466 feet to the third deck like he did on Monday night.
Schwarber is tied for 2nd in all of baseball in home runs this year with 16. He’s on pace for 55 home runs this season, which would be the first time he ever eclipsed 50 in one season. He’s been the best hitter on the Phillies through the first 47 games of the season, which wasn’t the case last year.
I don’t even know if we need to push the “extend Schwarber” campaign, because everybody and their mother knows it needs to happen. Dave Dombrowski, Rob Thomson, and the entire Phillies organization knows how valuable Schwarber is, both on and off the field. It would be an all-time failure if Dombrowski lets Schwarber walk. He won’t make that mistake, especially with the guy who took the least amount of hits to get to 300 home runs in the history of the sport:
Luke Arcaini writes about the Phillies for Crossing Broad, covers the Phillies for FOX Sports The Gambler, and co-hosts "Phillies Digest" on YouTube. The wave is the worst thing in all of sports. Contact: lukearcaini8@gmail.com