First baseman Rhys Hoskins, who spent the last two seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers, found a new home Feb. 22 on a reported minor-league contract with the Cleveland Guardians.
The deal will pay him a base salary of $1.5 million if he makes the opening-day roster, according to Zack Meisel of The Athletic.
Milwaukee signed Hoskins to a two-year deal in advance of the 2024 season, a contract worth $12 million in 2024 and $18 million in 2025 after Hoskins picked up his player option. Hoskins was coming off a torn ACL that cost him all of the 2023 season.
The longtime Philadelphia slugger hit 26 homers for Milwaukee in 2024 but had only a .722 OPS and finished with a negative WAR for the season according to Baseball Reference, and a 0.2 WAR according to Fangraphs.
Hoskins had a strong start in 2025 and finished with better all-around numbers, but he was limited to 90 games by a sprained thumb. After Andrew Vaughn emerged as a source power at first base midway through the season, Hoskins wasn’t on the team’s postseason roster.
Hoskins hit an emotional home run against his old team in his first game back in Philadelphia, the lone run scored that day against Zack Wheeler. He also hit two homers in a May 31 game at Philadelphia. He finished with 38 homers over two years with the Brewers and a .732 OPS.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Rhys Hoskins, ex-Brewers first baseman, has a new team
