Rhys Hoskins Carted Off Field After Non-Contact Knee Injury
The Philadelphia Phillies were dealt a significant blow on Thursday as first baseman Rhys Hoskins had to leave their spring training game on a cart. Hoskins suffered a non-contact injury to his left knee while trying to field a routine ground ball.
Here's the play in question:
Oh man, Rhys Hoskins goes down on a routine grounder. Doesn’t look good. pic.twitter.com/AfaTOhl6R2
— Chris Brown (@ChrisBrown0914) March 23, 2023
Just a simple play and it appears he injured himself pushing off with his left leg while trying to re-gather the ball after fumbling it. You really hate to see something like that happen.
Teammates gathered around Hoskins while he was down:
Looks to me like Rhys Hoskins just tore his ACL…cart coming onto the field to get him, awful news #Phillies pic.twitter.com/qvkVjOZFnz
— Matt (@Matt_Wilson14) March 23, 2023
He had to be carted off the field:
Awful news from the Phillies game: First baseman Rhys Hoskins is being carted off the field after suffering a non-contact left-knee injury trying to field a groundball.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) March 23, 2023
Teammate Kyle Schwarber helped him on to the cart:
Kyle Schwarber helped Rhys Hoskins onto the cart. Rhys was in pain holding his left knee after what looked like a significant injury. Tough to see. Phillies teammates surrounded him and said some words to him as he left the field 🙏 pic.twitter.com/TvYw9qQ7QX
— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) March 23, 2023
Just an enormous blow to the Phillies, who have made moves to ensure a return to the World Series. They're one of MLB's elite teams entering the season and Hoskins is coming off a solid year. In 156 games in 2022, the 30-year-old slashed .246/.332/.462 with 30 home runs and 79 RBIs.
If he's out for an extended period of time the Phillies will have to find a way to replace that production.