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Hiro
Hosmer has been kind of overrated, but he does have a lot of clutch hit. I’m hoping he does get better.
biasisrelitive
he’s good in the clutch but for a big contract you have to be good overall and he’s not.
EonADS
Doesn’t help his case that he’s so bad at defense. I have no idea how he has won three gold gloves; his DEF rating on Fangraphs was the worst of all qualified First Basemen in 2016. HIs DRS was -6, which ties him for second worst. Just goes to show how worthless hardware is in determining player worth, I guess.
TheMichigan
He’s flashy and makes decent plays when it counts that’s why three GG
twentyfivemanroster
You do realise that defensive measures are subjective, right? Firstbasemen are the hardest to compute.
AndyWarpath
You know who else is “clutch”? Allen Craig.
DoItDoug
Poor Allen Craig.
jay13
Im a big fan of Hosmer. Would love to keep him in Kansas City his whole career. Problem is, I don’t see him letting free agency go. Some team is going to overpay him which sucks.
A'sfaninUK
Hosmer has been a legitimately bad player since they won the WS. Mitch Moreland is way way better than he is right now. No one in mlb fell off faster than Hosmer, he flat out sucks now and KC would be flushing their money down the toilet if they even offer him a QO.
jdgoat
He’s soooo clutch though
cstevenson91
No doubt a team will give him a $100 million dollar deal
Wolf Hoffmann
I’d rather have Loney than Hosmer. At least Loney has a decent glove.
jd396
I don’t know where the eat-money-to-trade-Santana thing started. He’s a solid and reliable starter and does just fine serving as a poor man’s #1 for the Twins. if anything is wrong with his contract it’s that he’s probably a tad bit underpaid.