Brandon Marsh will see more playing time
Both Rojas and Brandon Marsh came into the 2024 season looking to take a firm grasp on a starting role in the outfield. While Rojas struggled to start the season, Marsh instead impressed by beginning the year on a hot streak. In his first 25 games, he was among the offensive leaders of the Phillies, hitting close to .300 with 10 runs scored, six home runs and 16 RBI.
But as the season progressed, Marsh gradually normalized more towards the mean and was back to being more in line with his usual yearly production. For the season, he's batting .248 with a .750 OPS, along with 36 runs scored, 10 doubles, two triples, 11 home runs, 41 RBI and 12 stolen bases. They're not eye-popping numbers, but they are still a considerably better offensive output than his fellow outfielder Rojas.
With the arrival of Hays, who was expected to play almost every day, it was believed that Marsh would split starts with Rojas in center field the rest of the way. However, with Marsh providing the much stronger bat while having a career year defensively, with 15 DRS and five outfield assists in 85 games, he'll likely end up with the majority of the starts over Rojas, per NBC Sports Philadelphia's Corey Seidman.
Add that to the fact that Marsh also bats left-handed, and it prevents the Phillies starting lineup from being right-handed heavy by keeping lefty-righty balance intact to create nightmare matchups for the opposition.