The Pittsburgh Pirates need offense more than any other team in the league. They had the worst offense in baseball this past season, and there aren't really any internal solutions in sight.

Pirates general manager Ben Cherington has insisted that the team is willing to spend big to add some bats this winter, and while the report of them making an offer for Josh Naylor was apparently false, they are said to be in on another elite slugger: Kyle Schwarber.

In fact, Bleacher Report's Zachary D. Rymer has gone as far as to label Pittsburgh as the perfect fit for Schwarber in free agency.

"It's quite simple, really: Kyle Schwarber is the best home run hitter on the market, and no team needs a home run hitter as desperately as the Pirates," Rymer wrote. "They hit only 117 home runs this year, a full 31 fewer than the next-worst team in MLB. Their home stadium didn't exactly help, as PNC Park has been less friendly to home run hitters than even Oracle Park on a three-year basis."

Rymer added that the Buccos would also largely benefit from Schwarber's experience.

"The Bucs could certainly also use his winning pedigree," Rymer wrote. "He's played in 73 career postseason games and gone to two World Series, whereas Pittsburgh has been shut out of the playoffs since 2016."

The question is, would Schwarber really want to sign with the Pirates?

The veteran will be 33 years old by the start of next season, so you figure that he will probably want to sign with a contender. Pittsburgh does not present that option for Schwarber.

Schwarber has spent the last four seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies and is coming off of a 2025 campaign in which he smashed 56 home runs to go along with 132 RBI.

The general consensus is that the Phillies will ultimately re-sign Schwarber, but that does not mean the former first-round pick is a shoo-in to return to Philadelphia.

The problem for the Pirates is that they will likely have to overpay to get Schwarber to sign, and for an organization that is very frugal as it is, that doesn't seem incredibly probable.

Plus, if Pittsburgh splurges on Schwarber, it probably won't be able to do anything else in free agency, and Schwarber alone won't solve the Pirates' ills.