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Rhys Hoskins 2024 Player Outlook: Veteran Slugger Gets Fresh Start In Milwaukee
10 months agoMilwaukee Brewers first baseman Rhys Hoskins enters the 2024 season in unfamiliar territory as the veteran slugger will play his first game for a franchise other than the Phillies. Hoskins missed all of 2023 with a torn ACL and will look to get back on track with the Brewers, who signed Hoskins to a two-year contract this offseason. For Milwaukee, it's a solid bet as Hoskins was one of the most productive power hitters in baseball between 2018 and 2022. Excluding the pandemic-shortened season, Hoskins swatted between 27 and 34 homers every year since 2018 and posted a slugging percentage over .450 in every season in that span. Hoskins provided steady power while displaying excellent on-base skills with a 13.5% career walk-rate and a career strikeout-rate that is also better than league average. Toss in a sky-high 48.4% fly-ball rate and Hoskins is primed for a bounce-back season in the hitter's paradise that is Milwaukee. There is, of course, some risk of a decline in production after not playing baseball for over a year, but at just 30-years-old, there's a good chance Hoskins can come back as strong as ever. With an average draft position outside the top-180 overall picks, Hoskins is a solid gamble for inexpensive power late in fantasy drafts.
