According to media reports, the San Diego Padres have reached an agreement with First Baseman Eric Hosmer. The ex-player of the Kansas City Royals comes to California for eight years and 144 million dollars.
The deal is the most lucrative in the history of the Padres franchise and was first reported on Saturday by the San Diego Union Tribune.
The contract is structured in such a way that Hosmer will earn $20 million annually over the first five years of the contract. In the final three 13 million each. The deal also includes a signing bonus of $5 million. After the first five years, Hosmer also has an exit clause.
The working paper also includes a full no-traude clause for the first three years and a partial clause for years four and five. If he does not leave the contract afterwards, Hosmer as a veteran would have so-called 10-5-rights – ten years in the league, the previous five with the same team – which would give him a full no-trade-protection.
The contract is the biggest in this off-season, exceeding the six years and $126 million for which pitcher Yu Darvish recently signed with the Chicago Cubs.
Hosmer, whom the Royals had drafted as third pick in 2008, played a total of seven years for Kansas City and beat. 284 with 127 homeruns and 566 RBI in 1048 games. In 2017 he scored 25 home runs and 94 RBI with an average of. 318 – a career best for him.
In San Diego, Hosmer joins a young core of top players such as Will Myers and Hunter Renfroe to help restore the team’s sporting relevance.
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