Orioles and Cubs interested in first baseman Eric Hosmer

Veteran free agent first baseman, Eric Hosmer is “on the radar” for the Chicago Cubs and Baltimore Orioles. The 33-year-old, 6-foot-3 Hosmer is a free agent after being released by the Boston Red Sox earlier this offseason.

2022 was a challenging year for Hosmer. He was hitting .272/.336/.391 for the Padres at the deadline when they made their move to acquire Juan Soto and Josh Bell from the Washington Nationals. Hosmer was originally part of the return to DC, but he exercised his limited no-trade clause to veto that deal:

The Padres went ahead and eventually sent Luke Voit to the Nationals, trading Hosmer (and his remaining salary minus the league minimum) to Boston with prospects Corey Rosier and Max Ferguson, in exchange for Jay Groome.

Things didn’t work out in Boston, as Hosmer hit .244/.320/.311 in 50 plate appearances before landing on the disabled list with lower back inflammation and missing the rest of the season. With San Diego paying almost his entire salary, there seemed to be a chance that Hosmer would stick with Boston in some capacity down the road.

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However, the team (DFA) assigned him earlier this month, opening first base for rookie Triston Casas. There were reports that the Red Sox were trying to trade him before the DFA, but they evidently found little interest and Hosmer eventually found his way back to the open market.

Raphael Martinez

I am a fan of the King of Sports, especially the Boston Red Sox in MLB and in general all of Mexican baseball. This profession has given me the opportunity to cover big events such as the Caribbean Series, LMB All Star, LMP (uninterrupted since 2009), important players’ signatures. I had the chance to attend the 2013 World Classic in Arizona, USA, albeit as an amateur. Apart from this beautiful sport, I love basketball, where I have also narrated games and even an NBA friendly 10 years ago, but baseball is in my veins. Graduated in Communication Sciences from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS). , from which I graduated in 2011. I was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa and started in the world of sports journalism in 2004 in the newspaper El Sol de Mazatlán, where I was a baseball columnist and reporter at the same time. In January 2009 I arrived at El Debate as a journalist reporter and it took almost six years (in the first stage), until in November 2014 I emigrated to radio, providing my services at Línea Directa-Grupo RSN. My cycle there ended in July 2019 and a few days later, El Debate gave me another opportunity to work and opened the doors for me again. That is how I came to Al Bat, where I have been since 2019 as a web journalist.

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