If you look at Williams stats last year his hitting was below average also. Aaron Altherr fell off the cliff also. Bottom line is they have two OF spits they wanted to fill with Hoskins moving to 1B. I believe Adam Haseley will be ready before too long.
Not disagreeing with any of that, I'm just saying I don't think it's optimal to have to fill corner OF holes with average veterans at full market price. If you've undergone a 5-year rebuild and you can't even fill a corner OF spot internally, you had a bad rebuild developing your hitters.
And I think the stats bear that out. From 2016-2018 the only above average hitter the Phillies have produced from their rebuild is Rhys Hoskins. I mean maybe you can really twist yourself in knots and say that Hernandez or Herrera are the tiniest bit above-average for their positions, but really their hitting development has been awful.
