Kyle Schwarber Reaches 20 Homers in 46 Games, Putting 70-Homer Season in Sight

9 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 17

20 home runs in 46 games have pushed Phillies DH Kyle Schwarber onto a 70-homer pace, a threshold only Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire have reached in a full MLB season.
May 15 put Schwarber to 20 homers earlier than Aaron Judge did in his 62-homer 2022 season, and just behind Bonds' pace in his 73-homer 2001 campaign.
26.2% barrel rate and a career-high 23.6 average launch angle help explain the surge, with Schwarber pairing more loft with harder contact than in prior seasons.
.642 slugging still carries signs of possible regression: his expected slugging is .592, and his 33.9% home-run-to-fly-ball rate sits well above last year's 28.6%.
Philadelphia's uneven start has muted attention on the run, but if Schwarber sustains anything close to this pace, he could mount one of the cleanest 70-homer bids in baseball history.

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