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PHILADELPHIA, PA – APRIL 09: Philadelphia Phillies Designated Hitter Kyle Schwarber (12) receives hit National League Championship ring alongside primary owner John Middleton and Dave Dombrowski prior to the Major League Baseball Game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Philadelphia Phillies on April 9, 2023, at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, PA. (Photo by Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Icon Sportswire via Getty Images To watch Phillies president Dave Dombrowski answer questions about his offseason plan required a significant amount of cognitive dissonance. He’d just completed his fourth full year at the helm of the team, and the Philles are 4-for-4 in postseason berths over that time, winning more games in each season. Yet without a World Series to show for it, every question he faced carried with it the implicit idea that the entire exercise had been a failure, that a team with superstar talent and plenty of help on the cusp of joining the big league team requires something between significant changes and a full-on teardown. There are certain things management can’t say — and Dombrowski, who has a long history in the game which will land him in the Hall of Fame once he retires, knows how to not say all of them. But he did provide a window into which players and moves he considers his biggest priorities, all while leaving himself, as any baseball executive should, some freedom to pivot based on events beyond his control. That’s what makes this coming offseason so intriguing. The Phillies, rightly, don’t want to make major changes. But free agency means some of that decision tree is out of their hands. Take Kyle Schwarber, for instance. The slugging designated hitter just posted his best OPS+ season, 150, at age 32. He’s taught himself how to hit lefties as…

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