Rhys Hoskins

[art vandelay]

No thread about this yet but what he's doing is incredible.

I'd like it if someone who knows more about baseball than I do could fill me in on this guy's potential.

[Ground_Meat]

I'm not the person you're requesting, but it would seem like we have a bonifide star in the making.

[thegodfather]

No thread about this yet but what he's doing is incredible.

I'd like it if someone who knows more about baseball than I do could fill me in on this guy's potential.

Just want him back at 1st base where he belongs, to many things could go wrong in LF injury wise.

[slag]

His potential appears to be a function of how we jinx the fuck out of him ... he's 0-3 today.

[art vandelay]

well...that's pretty much the baseball equilalent of a 3 and out.

the bad news would be if this were just like dom brown's may-june 2013.

[Lion Joe]

Just hit another homer.

Wow.

[slag]

See? The reverse jinx at work ... I'm all about the karma.

[Ground_Meat]

Incredible!!

[#48]

Also initiated a triple play.

https://www.thescore.com/news/1359819

[slag]

It was a decent catch, particularly for a converted first baseman, but the triple play was a function of shitty baserunning more than anything he did, aside from looking like he dropped the ball.

[headknocker]

well...that's pretty much the baseball equilalent of a 3 and out.

the bad news would be if this were just like dom brown's may-june 2013.

I never understood the hype about Dom Brown as anyone who has watched the game long enough could see he had glaring holes in his game.

If nothing else I love Hoskins' powerful compact swing. The kid's no joke offensively at this point but I'm curious to see how he makes out when he goes through the league the second time around.

[SOS Crunchy]

I think what sets this guy apart from the Dom Brown/Darin Ruf/Tommy Josephs of the past, besides his smooth swing, is his approach at the plate.

Hoskins, like Crawford in the minors, has elite plate discipline, which is one thing that worries me about Alfaro, who does not. Nonetheless, the Phillies are shaping up to have a young core of hitters, both up now and still in the minors, who hopefully will be the next wave of players to put them in contension ala Utley/Rollins/Howard.

[Ground_Meat]

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/...ml=y&mobi=true

[Lion Joe]

Frighteningly effective reverse juju

See? The reverse jinx at work ... I'm all about the karma.

Ask for more rain in Texas.

[Loki]

We're good at that here. Especially Jinxworth.