Remember Rhys Hoskins However You Want
Rhys Hoskins signed a 2 year/$34 million deal with the Brewers overnight:
BREAKING: First baseman Rhys Hoskins and the Milwaukee Brewers are finalizing a two-year, $34 million contract with an opt-out after the first season, sources tell ESPN.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) January 24, 2024
I think Rhys is the most polarizing good guy this city has ever seen. Does that make sense? Like he might go 0-4 and then donate $100k to muscular dystrophy an hour later. He’s like Tobias Harris. Guy goes 3-16 from the field, you make fun of your buddy who loves him, and follow it up with a text, “Good guy tho.” Same premise.
He was a serviceable first baseman that jacked 25 home runs a year, but would go cold for a couple months of the season. But he also did fantastic community work around the city and he left us with one of the most memorable postseason moments in franchise history:
Thanks for everything @rhyshoskins pic.twitter.com/4BdGJW5bYl
— Crossing Broad (@CrossingBroad) January 24, 2024
Feel free to remember Rhys Hoskins however you want to remember him. If you want to remember him for the bat spike, great. If you want to remember his 3-25 in the World Series as the #2 hitter while the Astros second batter won MVP, fine. If you want to remember his legend of a wife, Jayme, buying a bunch of Phillies fans 100 beers, that’s great too:
Jayme Hoskins bought 100 beers for Phillies fans before Game 4 🍻
(via @millerscott83) pic.twitter.com/IxK90sjN0J
— Baseball Bros (@BaseballBros) November 3, 2022
It’s a choose your own adventure of how you want to remember Rhys Hoskins. Here’s his final moment in a Phillies uniform:
Tonight’s first pitch.
Number 17: @rhyshoskins ❤️ pic.twitter.com/U2FtF35Hhy
— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) October 4, 2023