The Phillies made star DH Kyle Schwarber an offer, but Schwarber opted to wait. “We want to retain him now, and we wanted to retain him then,” Phillies president Dave Dombrowski told The Post.

As for Schwarber’s call to defer, Dombrowski said they made what they thought was a good offer but admitted, “He was right.”

Another Phillies person opined, “[We’ll] do everything we can” to retain the MVP candidate.

Schwarber mentioned he loves the passion of the fans and owner but isn’t making predictions. “If something works out here, it works out here. There’s interest on both sides,” Schwarber said.