Nothing that has happened in the first two months of this season would suggest that the Phillies miscalculated in not re-signing Hoskins. But the ending sucked. There’s no shame in acknowledging it.
“In terms of the energy I put into it, the energy we got from the city, from the communities we were able to be a part of. It just didn’t feel right,” Hoskins said.
Nothing that has happened in the first two months of this season would suggest that the Phillies miscalculated. They entered Sunday with a big-league-best 41-18 record, on pace for 112 wins, the first team in the majors to 300 runs, a 7½-game lead over the Braves in the NL East, a 4½-game lead over the Dodgers for homefield advantage throughout the playoffs.
Then came the torn ACL a week before opening day. He spent the 2023 regular season rehabbing, the postseason pushing himself to get back on the field. He was on the doorstep when the NL Championship Series began. Things may have been different if the Phillies had won Game 6 or Game 7. The hardest endings are the ones you don’t see coming.
Hoskins has landed in a good spot. Even better than being wanted is being needed, and the Brewers need him in a way that the Phillies never did. He is one of three hitters on the roster over the age of 28, and one of four with more than 1,600 big-league plate appearances. Among the 30 major league teams, only the Guardians have a younger lineup.
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