Schwarber did not shorten the lineup..hell his OPS of .826 was just under Rizzos. Russell collapsing, Bryants injury, and Willy falling off a map is what hurt the offense. I highly suspect Willy has been playing with a ton of injuries. Whenever anyone points to Schwarber's numbers, I go looking for numbers that show that he's really actually awful and I can't. They are solid numbers, but from just watching the games it feels like Schwarber is a giant black hole in the lineup. Maybe its because he has done historically bad in high leverage situations, but I can't remember the last time I thought 'oh good Schwarber is up', unless its a big situation where we need him to dong and I know he has the ability to do so although he never does. He's nowhere near awful; he's a very useful player, but he's a pretty strict platoon player. He's a good guy to have when the rest of the lineup hasn't died from exhaustion, but when it's down to nobody doing anything, that's when you're left wishing he had been the dong-crushing hit-monster everyone hoped he was going to be.