Ahead of Tuesday’s 1 p.m. ET deadline to exchange arbitration figures, the Philadelphia Phillies and Rhys Hoskins agreed to a one-year/$7.7 million deal, according to Jim Salisbury of NBC Sports Philadelphia.
Matt Swartz of MLB Trade Rumors had projected at the outset of the offseason that Hoskins would earn $7.6 million in his second year of arbitration eligibility, so the deal that that was reached to avoid a hearing appears to be one that’s fair for both sides.
A fifth-round pick by the Phillies in the 2014 MLB Draft, Hoskins homered 27 times and drove in 71 runs in just 107 games a season ago.