Former Chicago Cubs Slugger Continues to Prove He's Built for October

The Chicago Cubs might be sitting at home watching postseason baseball, but their former slugger and current Philadelphia Phillies star continues to show he's built for October as he mashes in the NLCS.

It feels so long ago that the Chicago Cubs selected Kyle Schwarber with their fourth overall pick in the 2014 MLB Draft.

For the slugger, it might feel even longer ago as he's now on his third team since leaving the Cubs.

Schwarber became something of a folk hero during his early tenure in Chicago.

He made his Major League debut during 2015, one year after being drafted, and exploded onto the scene in October.

The lefty slugger hit a two-run homer in the Wild Card game, hit two more in the NLDS round and finished the playoffs with a franchise-tying fifth postseason home run.

That was followed up by him returning from a torn ACL two games into 2016 to help the Cubs win their franchise's first World Series title in 108 years.

When Chicago started to turn the page on their group that brought home the championship, Schwarber hit free agency.

He ended up on the Washington Nationals for a year and the Boston Red Sox following that tenure.

The former Cubs slugger signed a four-year, $79 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2022 and has reminded everyone what a clutch postseason performer he is.

After two home runs on Tuesday night in the NLCS, Schwarber has now hit nine postseason bombs for the Phillies and has driven in 14 runs in two years.

He became the fifth National League leadoff hitter to record a multi-home run game in the playoffs and the first since Carl Crawford did it in 2013.

Chicago knows the type of player that the slugger is when the calendar turns to October.

They've seen it first hand.

Now, another franchise is getting to watch Schwarber's magic work wonders for their team.