How Kyle Schwarber Learned To 'Unleash The Beast'
The Lead
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🗓️ 2 July 2021
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
The hottest bat in baseball doesn’t belong to Fernando Tatis Jr. or even Shohei Ohtani. No that title currently belongs to Washington Nationals left fielder Kyle Schwarber. After the worst season of his career in 2020, Schwarber has managed to get his groove back and take his game to new heights in 2021. Today, The Athletic’s Maria Torres joins us to talk about the hitting coach who helped Schwarber find his swing again and whether or not this changes how we should perceive him as a player going forward.
Read Maria Torres’ story about Kyle Schwarber: https://theathletic.com/2681453/2021/06/30/unleashed-the-beast-kyle-schwarbers-historic-home-run-streak-has-been-months-in-the-making/
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| 0:46.0 | The hottest hitter in baseball isn't a big name star like Fernando Tetees Jr. or Vlad Guerrero Jr. |
| 0:59.0 | It's a 28 year old on a one year deal in Washington, DC. |
| 1:04.0 | Oh my, I can't believe it. See you later. Come on. |
| 1:14.0 | And Kyle Schwarber's ridiculous home run power was something that pretty much no one saw coming after he hit under the Mendoza line last season in Chicago. |
| 1:23.0 | Today, the athletics Maria Torres joins us to talk about Schwarber's incredible recent run at the plate |
| 1:29.0 | and how he bounced back from the worst season of his career to become one of the most dangerous power hitters in the game. |
| 1:36.0 | From Wondering in the Athletic, I'm Tiffany Oshinsky. It's Friday, July 2nd, and this is The Lead. |
| 1:47.0 | So Maria, before we get into what Kyle Schwarber is currently doing in his first year with Washington, |
| 1:53.0 | I want to go back to his previous stop. Can you tell us a little bit about Kyle Schwarber's time with the Cubs |
| 2:00.0 | and what some of the hype was when he came into the league back in 2015? |
| 2:04.0 | So Schwarber was a top pick out of Indiana University in 2014, |
| 2:10.0 | the number four overall pick that year. And you can't really get more highly touted than that. |
| 2:16.0 | You can't find a Kyle's bat with more natural power in this class than Kyle Schwarber. Built like a rock, 6 feet, 240 pounder. |
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