The Padres have agreed to sign first baseman Eric Hosmer, Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. The contract is an eight-year deal that includes an opt-out clause after the fifth season, according to MLB Network’s Jon Morosi (via Twitter). The deal contains a full no-trade clause for the first three seasons and then limited no-trade protection afterwards, Bleacher Report’s Scott Miller reports (Twitter links). Hosmer will be paid $20MM in each of the first five seasons and $13MM in the three remaining years, plus a $5MM signing bonus. The $144MM total figure represents the largest contract in the history of the Padres franchise. Hosmer is represented by the Boras Corporation.
Eric Hosmer Gets His 8 Year Contract - Boras Wins Another One
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Mr KLCBARRELED IN @ SBR!
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#1Eric Hosmer Gets His 8 Year Contract - Boras Wins Another OneTags: None -
ikid2groove415SBR Posting Legend
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#2Money is definitely more important then winning !! San Diego is a great place to liveComment -
jjgoldSBR Aristocracy
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#3never ever pay sluggers
They do not have impact on a team like a pitcher
Mike Trout perfect example..Angels terrible and he is goodComment -
cincinnatikid513SBR Aristocracy
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hotcrossSBR Hall of Famer
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#5that park either played a lot smaller last year, or the balls played larger
either way....What are the Padres doing??? don't they know nobody wants them to succeed?Comment -
JMobileSBR Posting Legend
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#6Hosmer's worst years are coming.Comment -
unusialsusp5SBR MVP
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#7absolutely correct. never believe a player who says all i want to do is go somewhere where i have a chance to win. with 30 teams the chances of winning are remote and that contract is far more important to attain than being in some dumb parade and getting a worthless ring that you'll never sell unless you go broke.Comment -
A4KSBR Hall of Famer
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#8Giant waste of resources. The Padres never learn. Theyd have been better off keeping Rizzo and a bunch of other players over the years and paying them. Instead they go out and blow their load on a slugger that wont help them compete.Comment -
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#10Padres building..in 2-3 years we are going to be quite good with all the youngsters and stacked farm system..Comment -
krk1030SBR Posting Legend
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#11little competition for these guys and they still sign him to an 8 year deal. makes 0 senseComment -
slayer14SBR Posting Legend
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#13Hosmer seems happy to play the remaining years of his career on a team that will never compete in post season.Comment -
JAKEPEAVY21BARRELED IN @ SBR!
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#14Hosmer brings a lot to the table including being bilingual, hard worker and great teammate...he will help a lot with mentoring all the youngsters along with gold glove defense, high on base % and high level hitter.
A lot of the young Padres have power but swing and miss far too often. Given the fact that the Padres hit a lot of homers last season and many of the team are feast of famine type hitters, it doesn't upset me that he is not a power hitter. The rest of the lineup has a decent amount of power and he should be able to help them with their approach at the plate and work ethic on and off the field.
I hope this works out but it is nice to see the team actually stepping up and trying to put a decent product on the field for once...Comment -
JAKEPEAVY21BARRELED IN @ SBR!
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ikid2groove415SBR Posting Legend
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#16absolutely correct. never believe a player who says all i want to do is go somewhere where i have a chance to win. with 30 teams the chances of winning are remote and that contract is far more important to attain than being in some dumb parade and getting a worthless ring that you'll never sell unless you go broke.Comment -
bigbubbafadeSBR Wise Guy
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#17Maybe he'll let all his illegal landscapers live in his mansion or on his gated property.Comment -
ikid2groove415SBR Posting Legend
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#18good move for hosmer!! Enjoy that 75 degree weather year around !!Comment -
b1slickguySBR Posting Legend
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#19Great news for Padres fans.
Grim day for us Royals fans.Comment -
lakerboySBR Aristocracy
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#20Padres need to get back on the map. Good move for the 5 year part. The guy is a winner and very competitiveComment -
unusialsusp5SBR MVP
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#22they may make the playoffs again some day but he's happier when he opens up his bank statement in the ensuing months and years. if they contend he's ok with that. i'm sure he hopes that will happen but if it doesn't doubt if he demands to be traded to a contender.Comment -
ikid2groove415SBR Posting Legend
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#23wish The giants sign him !! Brandon belt sucksComment -
BennyBigNutsSBR Hall of Famer
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#24This looks like a great deal for both sides.
Hosmer is a bit overrated offensively (he's still a solid bat, but not elite- and he's gonna hit under 20 hr's now for sure), but he brings a lot to the table with his great glove, hard play, and locker room leadership.
Gonna be a good guy to have in the clubhouse especially if they start winning, but the Padres winning anytime soon isn't very likely.
True definition of a gamer.
Would have loved to see the Mets give him that contract he got from San Diego. Him and Thor would have been best buds.Comment -
eidolonSBR Hall of Famer
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#25Boras and the Padres? Hell has frozen over.Comment -
eidolonSBR Hall of Famer
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#26
Then back to rebuilding for 10 years.Comment -
ikid2groove415SBR Posting Legend
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#27Padres will lose 90 plus games this year *yawn!Comment -
Ralphie HalvesSBR MVP
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#28- Good signing. Long-game move. Most of you don't understand long-game stuff. ^
- SD could use one more veteran, that's not a washed up pitcher. Will help a lot.
- The signing debunks the collusion myth some, which is great.
- KC didn't get on the rebuild train fast enough, now IMO they're screwed for awhile.Comment -
The GiantSBR Posting Legend
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#29Terrible deal.
The guy won't be able to focus with all that San Diego pussy surrounding him.
He'll be lucky to hit .230 in that ballpark.Comment -
ikid2groove415SBR Posting Legend
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#30The guy can help out a contender !! Padres will suck for years and years and years and years !!Comment -
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DroopyDogSBR MVP
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#32Padres will be trading him in 2 years and eating 90% of the salary. Book itComment -
cincinnatikid513SBR Aristocracy
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#33where is jake going to landComment -
Mr KLCBARRELED IN @ SBR!
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#35Though the Royals reportedly made Eric Hosmer a contract offer that would’ve stood as the largest in franchise history, GM Dayton Moore says that the club’s long time first baseman and fan favorite “took the better offer” in choosing the Padres (via Rustin Dodd of the Kansas City Star). One big difference between the two offers was that Kansas City never included an opt-out clause; Hosmer’s deal with the Padres contains one after his fifth season with them. Of course, that contract is also believed to guarantee him more years and overall dollars than the offers he reportedly received from the Royals. In addition, the offer from the Royals was apparently more “back-loaded”. Moore adds that he had a “pretty good sense about four days ago” that Hosmer wouldn’t be returning. Though he still held out hope, it was at that point that he began to “develop a mindset” that the club was probably going in a different direction.Comment
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