KC Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer is a bona-fina star. His mad dash for home plate in Game 5 of the World Series is largely credited as the key play that sealed the Kansas City Royals championship. He’s won his third straight gold glove, appeared on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, and dates the stun local news reporter Kacie McDonnell.
Despite all of these accolades, Steamer still projects Hosmer as little more than an average position player at 2.4 WAR for 2016. This low esteem isn’t anything new. Last season, ZiPs saw Eric Hosmer as an almost dead average 2.