Bobby Dickerson doesn’t enjoy drawing attention to his infielders’ defense. At least not in the media. He’ll celebrate his pupils privately, in the dugout after a nice play, but he worries that if too much is written about their on-field success, it will bring that success to a screeching halt.
“That’s how we get 10 errors in a row,” the Phillies infield coach quipped on Thursday.
He has a fair point. But with all due respect to Dickerson, the Phillies’ improved infield play is becoming impossible to ignore. There are the obvious success stories, like Alec Bohm, since his three-error game. Johan Camargo is as defensively capable as they come, and Jean Segura has looked at steady at second base. But less has been said about first baseman Rhys Hoskins, who has quietly put together an unexciting defensive start to his season — which, for him, is a big deal.
