During the series against Cleveland, the broadcast mentioned that Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper account for 50% of the Phillies’ home runs—the most of any duo in the MLB.
If you are like me, it has felt like the Phillies’ power numbers have been down to start the season.
Once you dive into the numbers, the number of long balls up to this point in the 2025 season is less than the team had in 2024.
So far, the Phillies have hit 45 home runs in 2025. At this point last season, the team had 50 home runs.
Not as big a difference as it feels? I agree. Even though the total is similar, there is cause for concern that most of the home runs are from two players.
Through May 14th, Kyle Schwarber has 15 longballs, Harper has seven. The next highest player is Max Kepler, who has five homers. Schwarber and Harper also led the team last season with nine home runs each. This shows that the longball is not being distributed through the lineup. The players formerly known as the daycare – Stott, Bohm, and Marsh – all have fewer home runs at this point in the season than last. Marsh got off to a flying start last season with six homers. Now he only has one.
You could blame lower home runs on Marsh and Bohm since they have not been producing.
However, it would be a lot to ask of Marsh to match his total from last season, so the Phillies need someone to step up.
For example, both Rojas and Kody Clemens came up with big home runs last season, but that has not been the case for the role players this season. If the role players can step up their power numbers, the Phillies should see their win total and home run total increase.
How Does This Impact Winning?
Through 43 games, the 2024 Phillies were 30-13. The 2025 Phillies are 25-18. Five fewer wins equals the difference in homers from each season. You could say the lack of longball has cost the Phillies five wins this season, but that is not 100% the case. The more home runs you hit will lead to more runs, which hopefully will lead to more wins. The two players I would look to boost the Phillies in each category would be Trea Turner and Nick Castellanos. They sit at two and four home runs, respectively. Surprisingly, this matches their total from last season.
This leads me to believe we can expect both Turner and Casty to start hitting the long ball. Turner turned his two home runs through May 14th into a 21-homer season. Castellanos ended the season with 23 home runs. Look for a power-filled second half of the season from the two Phillies stars to pick up the slack and help out Schwarber and Harper.
Baseball tends to romanticize the longball. Why wouldn’t they? Who doesn’t love seeing dingers and the bell ring in center field?
The bell has not been ringing as much this season, but with the weather (and humidity) heating up, look for the Phillies’ role players to start stroking some home runs. If Schwarber can keep up his torrid bat and the rest of the team begins to contribute, the Phillies will start to win more games thanks to the longball.
Right now, two players having 50% of your home runs is not good enough, and the Phillies desperately need the lineup to help balance the numbers.
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