Rhys Hoskins

Rhys Hoskins

33-Year-Old First Baseman1B
Cleveland Guardians
2026 Stats
AVG
.207
HR
3
RBI
13
R
15
SB
0
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2026 Fantasy Outlook
Hoskins was the Opening Day first baseman and cleanup hitter for the Brewers and slashed .276/.374/.475 with nine home runs through the end of May. Things took a turn for the (much) worse for Hoskins after that. He hit .170/.269/.330 over his next 27 games before suffering a sprained thumb that cost him more than two months of action. By the time Hoskins returned, Andrew Vaughn was established at first base and Christian Yelich was holding down the designated hitter spot, which meant Hoskins barely played at all in September and then was left off the Brewers' postseason rosters. The 33-year-old can still hit for power and draw walks, which might be enough to land him a starting gig in free agency. However, as a right-handed hitting first baseman with poor defense, the leash on a regular role could be short. Read Past Outlooks
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#429
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League Majors
Bats R
Throws R
40 Man Yes
Height 6'4"
Weight 225
DOB 3/17/1993
Drafted 5th Rd 2014
Signed a one-year, $1.5 million contract with the Guardians in February of 2026.
Homer, double in win
1BCleveland Guardians
May 1, 2026
Hoskins went 2-for-4 with a walk, a double, a home run and three RBI in Friday's 8-5 win over the Athletics.
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Hoskins' two-run two-bagger tied the game at 4-4 in the fifth inning, and he added a solo shot in the seventh that ended up being the decisive run. The first baseman had gone just 2-for-13 across six games since his last multi-hit performance. He's batting .219 with a .751 OPS, two homers, nine RBI, 13 runs scored, six doubles and no stolen bases over 90 plate appearances this season. Hoskins should be in the lineup against most southpaws while seeing part-time usage between first base and designated hitter against right-handers.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2024
 
 
+2%
OPS vs RHP
2026
 
 
+80%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
+3%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+11%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024vs Left .724 264 33 13 43 1 .207 .314 .410
Since 2024vs Right .737 681 71 28 95 4 .226 .320 .417
2026vs Left .481 32 5 1 5 0 .115 .250 .231
2026vs Right .864 70 10 2 8 0 .250 .400 .464
2025vs Left .731 102 10 4 14 1 .221 .324 .407
2025vs Right .756 226 20 8 29 1 .244 .336 .420
2024vs Left .778 130 18 8 24 0 .218 .323 .455
2024vs Right .703 385 41 18 58 3 .212 .296 .407
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2024
 
 
+5%
OPS on Road
2026
 
 
+17%
OPS on Road
2025
 
 
+13%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+1%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024Home .713 434 48 20 61 2 .215 .304 .408
Since 2024Away .751 511 56 21 77 3 .226 .331 .420
2026Home .671 36 4 0 2 0 .207 .361 .310
2026Away .782 66 11 3 11 0 .208 .348 .434
2025Home .700 153 16 7 19 1 .211 .294 .406
2025Away .790 175 14 5 24 1 .260 .366 .425
2024Home .725 245 28 13 40 1 .219 .302 .423
2024Away .718 270 31 13 42 2 .209 .304 .415
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Stat Review
How does Rhys Hoskins compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.61
 
BB Rate
17.3%
 
K Rate
28.6%
 
BABIP
.280
 
ISO
.152
 
AVG
.203
 
OBP
.347
 
SLG
.354
 
OPS
.701
 
wOBA
.320
 
Exit Velocity
90.5 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
34.6%
 
Barrels/PA
5.1%
 
Expected BA
.187
 
Expected SLG
.317
 
Sprint Speed
21.8 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
30.8%
 
Line Drive %
21.2%
 
Fly Ball %
48.1%
 
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Hoskins returned to action in 2024 after missing a season due to a torn ACL, and he popped 26 home runs in 131 games. That essentially sums up the positives for the veteran first baseman, who had the worst offensive season of his career with a .214/.303/.419 slash line and 28.9 percent strikeout rate. It's no surprise that he then exercised his $18 million player option with the Brewers for 2025, and he's likely to remain with the club through the offseason given that salary. Hoskins could rebound with another winter being between him and major knee surgery, and in a best-case scenario he replicates the 30 home runs and .794 OPS he posted with Philadelphia in 2022. He's entering his age-32 campaign, however, and a more modest improvement is more likely, assuming he's able to bounce back at all.
Hoskins had to be carted off the field during a Grapefruit League game last spring and it was later confirmed that he suffered a torn left ACL, as feared. The surgery to repair the injury knocked Hoskins out for the entirety of 2023. While there was talk that Hoskins could return for the World Series, the Phillies never made it that far, and as expected the team declined to extend him the qualifying offer after the season. Hoskins has been quite the productive hitter when healthy, blasting 148 home runs in 667 career MLB games to date, but the health concerns are significant (and only mounting) with Hoskins now on the wrong side of 30. He underwent Tommy John surgery at the end of 2020, needed abdominal surgery in 2021 and was coming off surgery to repair the meniscus in his right knee last spring before suffering the left knee injury.
Last year was a mixed bag for Hoskins. He hit 30 homers, the second highest total of his career, but his 122 wRC+ was his second lowest in six MLB seasons. One reason is Hoskins stayed healthy for the first time since 2019. However, Hoskins didn't take full advantage with a career low fly ball rate. Sure, the personal high .292 BABIP was nice, but Hoskins' job is to hit the ball in the air, hopefully over the fence. His strikeout rate was a career high 25.1% with a 10.7% walk rate, just a tick better than last season's career low. While last season could have been better, Hoskins was still a solid fantasy asset with a skill set likely to provide similar results for a few years. The disclaimer for many players is not to pay for last season's stats. Doing so for Hoskins could earn a profit since he left some homers on the table. That said, his playoff exploits could help recover some of his lost allure.
For the second straight year, Hoskins' season ended prematurely due to an injury which required surgery, as he was shut down in late August with an abdominal issue after undergoing Tommy John surgery at the end of 2020. When healthy, Hoskins produced mixed but mostly positive results. Typically possessing elite plate discipline but not quite elite power, Hoskins shifted slightly in 2021, producing a career-worst 10.6 BB% and a 24.4 K% which missed a career high by 0.1%. That downturn in plate discipline came with an uptick in power, as a career high 17.0% barrel rate helped him homer 27 times in 107 games while producing a .283 ISO, seventh-best among hitters with at least 400 plate appearances. Hoskins' flyball-heavy profile means his .247 average in 2021 is about as good as you can expect, but he should be a good power bat with extra value in OBP leagues as long as he can remain on the field.
Hoskins missed the final two weeks of the season with an elbow injury and eventually underwent Tommy John surgery in early October. Recovery from the procedure is expected to take four to six months, meaning he has a chance to be ready by Opening Day but is far from guaranteed to avoid the injured list. Given how he was hitting, his absence may have been the reason the Phillies missed out on the playoffs by a single game. After hitting a forgettable .226/.364/.454 in 2019, Hoskins improved across the board in 2020, posting a .245/.384/.503 line with 10 homers in 41 games. His walk rate remained quite high at 15.7%, while his 23.2 K% was quite acceptable for a power hitter. Most importantly, he made far better contact than in the previous season, with his barrel rate shooting up from 9.7% to 14.8%. He's still not a top-tier first baseman, but he rebounded nicely following a down year.
Hoskins didn't have to play left field or carry the Phillies' offense on his own, but those changes failed to have the desired effect in his age-26 season. His offensive performance took a step back almost everywhere, as his slash line dropped from .246/.354/.496 to .226/.364/.454 and his homer total fell from 34 to 29. Outside of a 16.5% walk rate (fifth-best among qualified hitters), those numbers aren't really good enough for a first baseman on a contending team, especially considering the league-wide power explosion, though there doesn't appear to be an immediate threat to Hoskins' playing time. Statcast doesn't offer much hope for a regression-related bounceback, suggesting he overachieved his xBA (.216) and xSLG (.405). A better performance in 2020 can't be ruled out given Hoskins' past success and hitter-friendly home park, but he's less interesting than he was last offseason.
Hoskins couldn't maintain the incredible pace that saw him hit 18 homers in 50 games as a rookie, but that doesn't mean his second season should be considered a disappointment. He slashed .246/.354/.496 with 34 homers, 89 runs and 96 RBI, all while playing out of position in left field. Those numbers made him one of the most valuable fantasy first basemen, though with just 17 games played at the position, he's now only outfield-eligible in traditional formats. He will quickly regain 1B-eligibility after Carlos Santana was dealt this offseason. The Phillies already added Jean Segura and could add another big bat in free agency, so Hoskins' counting stats could increase, even beyond any personal improvements he makes heading into his age-26 season. His batting average may remain modest due to a flyball-heavy approach (51% flyball rate last season) but a strong 13.2% walk rate erases that weakness in OBP and points leagues.
Hoskins burst onto the scene for the Phillies in August, swatting 18 homers and driving in 48 runs during a 50-game stretch that is unmatched by other rookies throughout MLB history. A fifth-round pick out of Sacramento State in 2014, Hoskins rolled through the minor leagues with relatively limited attention until his 38-homer breakout at Double-A in 2016. The encore in 2017 included 29 homers in 475 appearances with Triple-A Lehigh Valley before his promotion, and perhaps most impressively for a young power bat is Hoskins' ability to control the strike zone. He improved his strikeout rate at Triple-A Valley (15.8 percent) and kept that number in check after the promotion to Philadelphia (21.7 percent) during the final two months. With his impressive debut Hoskin secured an everyday job, and he'll be counted on as the team's primary run-producer in the heart of the order. Don't be surprised if he's treated as a top-50 player this spring.
Hoskins had a monster year at Double-A Reading where he hit .281/.377/.566 with 38 home runs in 498 at-bats. He took advantage of a hitter-friendly park in Reading where he slashed .292/.396/.636 with 25 of his 38 home runs. Hoskins does have a solid eye at the plate and a simple but effective swing, which should allow him continued success as he advances. He hit .282 with a .920 OPS against righties and .277 with a 1.024 OPS versus lefties, but there are questions regarding whether he will hit enough when he gets to the majors and has to face better offspeed stuff. His floor is likely a platoon bat at first base, and making it as an average or better everyday first baseman is not out of the question. His hit tool is certainly a better bet to play against big league pitching than Reading teammate Dylan Cozens, who led the minors with 40 home runs. A strong start to the season at Triple-A could have Hoskins pushing for a look in the majors by midseason.
Hoskins, a fifth-round pick in 2014 out of Cal State Sacramento, popped up on prospect radars last season after a hot start at Low-A Lakewood. He posted nearly identical numbers at both Lakewood and High-A Clearwater last season. His BABIP was a bit high in 2015 so he might not be a .300 hitter, but he does have a good eye at the plate with solid pop, and he makes contact at an 80 percent clip. Those skills should allow him to succeed when he is moved up to Double-A, and if he continues to hit then he could arrive in the majors in 2017 as the Phillies' replacement for Ryan Howard at first base.
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Sitting in second straight
1BCleveland Guardians
April 29, 2026
Hoskins is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Rays, Tim Stebbins of MLB.com reports.
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Drawing fourth straight start
1BCleveland Guardians
April 27, 2026
Hoskins will start at first base and bat cleanup in Monday's game against the Rays.
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Out of lineup again
1BCleveland Guardians
April 22, 2026
Hoskins is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game versus the Astros.
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Exiting starting lineup
1BCleveland Guardians
April 21, 2026
Hoskins is absent from the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Astros.
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Drawing fourth straight start
1BCleveland Guardians
April 20, 2026
Hoskins will start at designated hitter and bat fifth in Monday's game against the Astros.
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Interest from Twins
1BFree Agent
December 11, 2025
The Twins have shown interest in Hoskins, Dan Hayes of The Athletic reports.
Analysis
The Twins are seeking a budget-friendly addition at first base, and Hoskins shouldn't be too costly. Slated to turn 33 in March, Hoskins slashed .237/.332/.416 with 12 home runs over 90 regular-season games for the Brewers in 2025. He missed time with injury, and sidelined saw Andrew Vaughn take over at first base. However, in Minnesota, Hoskins would have a clear path to playing time at first base.
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