His absence hit harder than anyone’s bat
Coming off his fifth consecutive full season of well-above league average production and carrying a career OPS+ of 125, the Phillies more or less knew what they would be getting from Rhys Hoskins in 2023. The team’s longest-tenured position player slashed .375/.487/.813 with 4 home runs in 12 spring training games before a freak injury on a seemingly routine ground ball tore his left...