Phillies: Keeping Up with Rhys Hoskins

While the passion for baseball here is experiencing a resurgence during a down season, not everyone is completely happy. General manager Matt Klentak of the Philadelphia Phillies is receiving criticism for his promotional decisions. Yes, if you think Williams, Hoskins, Alfaro and Crawford are enough to please everybody, you’d be wrong.

Some fans complained that Klentak waited too long to advance Hoskins and the others and made locals suffer needlessly this summer. Ergo, some feel failure deserves daylight, and so does not succeeding soon enough. The best one was the poster who said these promotions should have happened in April. Well, sir, if you believe your words, you have proven that hindsight isn’t always twenty-twenty.

Because of the uncanny timing of their call-ups and their production, Williams, Hoskins, Alfaro and Crawford must continue to give a max effort. And this also affects everyone else on the active roster. In other words, if someone is hot or Maikel Franco, Tommy Joseph, Cameron Rupp and/or Andrew Knapp don’t hit, they won’t be in the lineup as often.

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Next: Phillies: A Controversial Core Piece

Before Hoskins took the National League by storm, Franco, Odubel Herrera, Freddy Galvis, Cesar Hernandez and Andres Blanco had inspired each other and their teammates last year. Now, Hoskins and the other IronPig stars have added their camaraderie to the mix with stunning results. And if they produce, what will they be part of? This team!