The Red Sox made an interesting decision to designate Eric Hosmer for assignment following their trade to acquire reliever Wyatt Mills from the Royals.
Sure, Hosmer wasn’t a particularly productive player over the last few years – he hit .268 with a .716 OPS to go along with eight home runs and 44 RBIs in 108 games between Boston and San Diego last season. However, the Red Sox were only paying the first baseman the minimum as the Padres are paying out the final three years and $39 million of his contract.
Hosmer’s OK-ish bat at least gave the Red Sox a fallback option though if Triston Casas struggled in his first full season in the majors.