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Rhys Hoskins is a gigantic problem in left field

Many Phillies fans are totally under-estimating what a farce Hoskins is in left field. Because of his recent slump at the plate Hoskins now has negative bWAR on the season. He has 2.7 oWAR on the year and -3.1 dWAR. That's right -3.1 dWAR! They need to move him to first base. I am under no illusion he will be good there defensively either but he won't be anywhere near as bad at first. They should just eat Carlos Santana's salary. They can make up a lot of the money spent there just through Hoskins being more valuable at first. If they are interested in being good the money shouldn't matter anyway considering they only have like 65 million on the books for next year anyway. Its bitter medicine imo they need to choke down. Move Hoskins to first. Sign a good two way outfielder this off-season and start that guy next year along with Herrera and Quinn in the outfield and watch this team improve significantly from those moves alone. I am not mentioning Nick Williams because surprise (not!) he is a bad defensive outfielder as well amassing -3.5 dWar over the last two years despite not even playing every day. He is a spot starter/pinch hitter.