The Phillies are eyeing an infusion of youth for 2026. Here’s how three top prospects can fit.

The Phillies are coming off 96 wins, 95 last season, and 90 the year before. It would be irrational to blow it all up based on one bad week in each of the last three Octobers and impractical given all the long contractual commitments made by Dave Dombrowski and owner John Middleton.

But one of the biggest takeaways from Dombrowski’s end-of-season gab session on Thursday was that he realizes the need for an infusion of youth, even as the Phillies prepare a nine-figure offer to Kyle Schwarber and discuss how far to go to retain J.T. Realmuto.

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