If this is an 80-win team, then I definitely don't want Schwarber back. 80-wins means at least rebuild on-the-fly. With many seasons and big $ committed to Harper and Turner and another to Castellanos, With what the Phillies budget appears to be, that's already a lot of $ tied up next year on the position player side, with big $ also going to Wheeler and Nola. That will severely hinder a rebuild-on-the-fly, I don't want another 3-4 bigger $ seasons committed to Schwarber, who can only DH. He's having a great season this year, but next year is his age 33 season. I'd happily give him 2 years, possibly 3, but I think he's going to ask and get 3-4 years at $30+ million a year. That's too steep. I'm waffling on a 3-year deal -- depends on the total $ and on how much we could get for him at the trade deadline. If this year turns out to be an 80-year season, then it is now 2012 redux and the key issue is avoiding the prolonged stretch of awful, which began in 2913. If we can get a lot for Sxhwarber at the deadlin, and this team hasn't turned things around (and I think 50+% chance of turning things around) then we take the deal and move him.
