Should the Phillies trade Bryce Harper or Kyle Schwarber? Why blockbuster deal doesn’t make sense

The Phillies were bounced from the playoffs with a Game 3 Wild Card Series loss to the Braves on Thursday night. Given that the Phillies made the World Series in 2022 and have regressed in playoff performance since (NLCS in 2023, NLDS in 2024, NLDS in 2025 and WCS in 2026) along with a relatively old roster, there has been a stream of "end of an era" discussion on Friday.

It's not unreasonable. There are certainly plenty of questions for the front office to answer. There are bound to be overreactions. I overreact a decent amount of the time, so I get it. It happens. We're often prisoners of the moment and emotion is a real thing.

I do want to push back on a specific idea, though, as floated by Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic:

Trading Bryce Harper or Kyle Schwarber? Don't love the idea, but everything needs to be under consideration. Everything.

Now, be sure that this isn't to attack the writer there, as I have the utmost respect for him and he even said he doesn't love the idea. I can see a lot of people running with this, though, and I'll offer up my opinion that…

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