Prepare yourselves for Hosmer

[Yardball85]

2 minutes ago, yark14 said:

Crap...https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/12/orioles-cubs-interested-in-eric-hosmer.html

 

[Yardball85]

3 minutes ago, yark14 said:

Crap...https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/12/orioles-cubs-interested-in-eric-hosmer.html

This just feels like such a lazy move to me.

[oriole]

Gentle reminder that things can always get worse

[Moose Milligan]

Come to find out @interloperis the brains behind MLB Trade Rumors. 

[NCRaven]

45 minutes ago, Yardball85 said:

This just feels like such a lazy move to me.

Can’t just be lazy.  It’s got to be lazy and stupid.

[Going Underground]

I'm prepared  

The stockings were hung
by the chimney with care,
Another Oriole pickup we got cheap and most people don't care.

[sportsfan8703]

Realistically, if you look at what we currently need in a bat, Hosmer pretty much checks all those boxes. LH, 1B, good glove, insurance for Mountcastle slumps. Bare minimum salary. Just like odor last year. 

[NCRaven]

There’s really no performance comparison to Odor.

[Sports Guy]

It’s really not a terrible move, especially if he is really cheap. The problem is, they should have also added a better bat.

[ScGO's]

19 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Realistically, if you look at what we currently need in a bat, Hosmer pretty much checks all those boxes. LH, 1B, good glove, insurance for Mountcastle slumps. Bare minimum salary. Just like odor last year. 

His glove is not good. Was an over-rated fielder when younger, he's just not good now. I don't mind the pick up if he is minimum wage. Slots in at DH, occasional start at 1B to relieve Mountcastle.  If Hosmer is on fire and Mountcastle is slumping hard, then he can earn more starts there

[eddie83]

Looks like Elias is trying to build the best bench in MLB. 
 

If it happens question will be how much playing time he will get. Thought he may be able to find more elsewhere. 

[NCRaven]

Would seem to affect Stowers the most unless it opens up a trade for Santander or Hays.

[theobird]

they said in the article, The o’s are interested. That is code for, scratch Hosmer off the list. He’s gonna be a Cub

[clapdiddy]

Just now, theobird said:

they said in the article, The o’s are interested. That is code for, scratch Hosmer off the list. He’s gonna be a Cub

More than likely.  I don't see how he gets a lot of ABs here unless there's another move coming.

[ScGO's]

3 minutes ago, NCRaven said:

Would seem to affect Stowers the most unless it opens up a trade for Santander or Hays.

I'm hoping Stowers forces their hand but he might be the 4th OF going into the season. If Elias truly wants a LH 1B to compete for DH/1B, then there isn't much after Hosmer. I suggested Belt in another thread, but someone posted an article about how he might be physically done. Dominic Smith is out there, but he feels like a guy would would have brought in 2019.

If Elias doesn't care if the DH/1B option is RH, then you can talk about Mancini or Voit on a 1yr deal. There's some other interesting names out there like Sano, Gurriell, and even Yoshi Tsutsugo that I would love to invite to camp on milb deals if they are willing to take it