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Veteran Help Might Be the Missing Piece for the Cleveland Guardians
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Veteran Help Might Be the Missing Piece for the Cleveland Guardians

Cleveland Cavaliers On SI·Cade Cracas·26 days ago
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A three-run blast spotlighted the Cleveland Guardians' loss to the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday, May 5. However, the deep ball wasn't sent out of the field of play by one of the Guardians' expected bats. Instead, it was the veteran, 33-year-old Rhys Hoskins, who, as of late, has begun to flash power at the plate, which the front office was hoping to see when they signed him this past offseason. "I was talking to it down the line," Hoskins said about his fourth-inning home run that went just 343 feet at a 26-degree launch angle. "So I'll feel like that somehow helped it. I didn't like crush it, which is also going to help with that. It kind of keeps it fair a little bit, but always a good sign when you keep an inside pitch fair." He has now bashed two home runs and one double in his last four games , good enough for seven total RBI. During that stretch, he has also walked twice to four strikeouts, proving that his eye is getting better as games go on.…

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