There was a time when we cared more about the prospects than we did about players who were on the big league club. Those were dark years, friends, during the bottom of the rebuild, when we built our hopes on the farm system and urged ourselves to #TrustTheProspects because, one day, they would be the building blocks of the next “good” Phillies team.
And as we stand on the doorstep of the 2020 season, some of those prospects are big league contributors, although not stars. At least not yet.
Rhys Hoskins has showed flashes of being an All-Star first baseman, but hasn’t put a full season of productivity together yet.