Philadelphia Phillies: Five biggest surprises in 2017
Aaron Altherr
A young career plagued by injuries finally get an opportunity to flourish in 2017.
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Aaron Altherr was nothing more than an advanced Triple-A player in many minds, and his ceiling was a bat off the bench.
Despite missing time with a hamstring injury Altherr smashed 19 home runs while sustaining a .281 batting average. While his success didn’t necessarily come out of nowhere, Altherr’s health was the question that limited fan’s opinion of him.
If Altherr can be the second corner outfielder on a championship team along with Williams it’s a tremendous find for the Phillies.