Milestones are always a fun thing to keep an eye on over the course of a long regular season. Every day, players draw closer to etching their name into the history books, with stats such as hits, home runs, stolen bases and strikeouts to just name a few.
Recently, we've seen some historic single-season feats from players around the league, such as Shohei Ohtani becoming the founder of the 50/50 club and Ronald Acuña Jr. becoming the first player in MLB history to hit 40 home runs and steal 70 bases, and while one Philadelphia Phillies player is gunning to join an exclusive club this season, others are set to hit some career milestones in 2025.
Five Phillies players who will reach career milestones in 2025
Bryce Harper will reach 350 home runs
After hitting his 300th home run in dramatic fashion against the Los Angeles Angels in Aug. 2023, Bryce Harper is approaching yet another home run milestone, as he sits just 14 shy of 350 career homers.
Throughout the course of his 13-year career, Harper has proven to be a power machine, averaging 25 home runs a year, with a career-high 42 during his MVP season in 2015. That's only continued since his arrival in Philadelphia in 2019, as the 32-year-old first baseman has slugged 30 or more homers in three of his first six years with the team.
FanGraphs' projections see the trend continuing in 2025, as they think the Phillies' perennial MVP candidate will slug for 31 home runs, putting him well past that 350 milestone mark and on the hunt for No. 400.
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Kyle Schwarber will reach 300 home runs, 1,000 hits
Much like Harper, Kyle Schwarber enters 2025 only 16 home runs away from his 300th career home run, and while he may not hit that mark in the leadoff spot, there's no reason to think he won't blow by that number this season.
Ever since making his MLB debut for the Chicago Cubs in 2015, Schwarber has lived up to the "Schwarbomb" nickname. All he's done is just rattle off six seasons of 30+ home runs, one of which included a flurry of 16 home runs in 18 games, set the MLB single-season record for leadoff home runs with 15, and extended his own record for the most leadoff home runs in MLB postseason history with five. Not too shabby.
That isn't the only milestone Schwarber's chasing though, as the 32-year-old designated hitter is just 95 hits shy of 1,000 total. Although he isn't known for his bat-to-ball skills, Schwarber has tallied at least 100 hits in every season (besides the 2020 shortened season) since 2018, so we can expect to see the "Schwarbomb" knock two big milestones out of the park in 2025.
Max Kepler will reach 1,000 hits
Speaking of hits, Max Kepler is closing in on the 1,000 career hit mark as well, with just 107 to go until he reaches the milestone. The Phillies signed Kepler to a one-year, $10 million deal back in December to become the team's full-time left fielder, and so far, it's looking like a steal thanks to his scorching hot spring training.
Before becoming a Phillie, the left-handed outfielder spent 10 years with the Minnesota Twins, where he averaged just 89 hits a season. However, he only played an average of 107 games per year, as he was used in a platoon role. With the Phillies looking to trot Kepler out as the everyday left fielder, the increase in at-bats should be what pushes the 32-year-old to the 1,000 hit club.
Trea Turner will reach 300 stolen bases
Throughout his 10-year career, Trea Turner has been a menace on the basepaths, swiping 30+ bags in six seasons and a career-high 46 in 2017, so it should serve as no surprise that the Phillies shortstop is quickly approaching a stolen base milestone.
Turner, who sits just 21 shy of 300 career stolen bases, will look to become the 170th player in MLB history to hit the mark and just the third active player to do so, behind Starling Marte (354) and Jose Altuve (315).
Since arriving in Philadelphia in 2023, Turner's recorded seasons of 30 and 19 stolen bases, respectively, and added to his total of 41 consecutive stolen bases without being caught, which was the third-longest streak in MLB history. Now serving as the Phillies leadoff hitter, Turner should have plenty of opportunities to hit that milestone and start another historical run.
J.T. Realmuto will reach 100 stolen bases
J.T. Realmuto is on the doorstep of catcher immortality, as the backstop is only four stolen bases away from becoming just the fourth catcher in MLB history to hit for 100+ home runs and steal 100+ bases in their career. When he hits the feat, Realmuto will join Hall of Famers Carlton Fisk and Iván Rodríguez, and Russell Martin as the only catchers to do so.
Since joining the Phillies in 2019, Realmuto has swiped an average of 10 bags a season, including a three-run year of 13, 21 and 16 from 2021-23. He's only recorded seasons of three or fewer stolen bases just three times in his 11-year career, and while last year was one of them, Realmuto only played in 99 games due to mid-season knee surgery.
Even with the Phillies saying that they want to give the veteran backstop more time off his feet this season, it's hard to imagine Realmuto missing the mark in 2025.