In 2017, one of the most exciting young first basemen in baseball emerged in the majors in Rhys Hoskins. He smashed records for being the quickest player to reach a certain home run total night after night, hitting 18 in his first 34 games and finished the year with a 1.014 OPS in 50 games with the Phillies.
On top of that, the team went out and signed Carlos Santana, a key cog from the Indians’ back-to-back AL Central titles the last two years. Between the last two years, Santana has 57 home runs, 166 runs batted in, and a .