Just four weeks from Tuesday, the Royals will open spring training in Surprise, Ariz.
Will free agent first baseman Eric Hosmer be back with the Royals or headed to a different camp? No one knows for certain as he is one of many free agents yet to agree to a contract.
The Royals reportedly offered a seven-year, $147 million contract to Hosmer, and the other main suitor for Hosmer is the Padres. Their deal is rumored to be for seven years and $140 million.
On Tuesday, Padres executive chairman and co-owner Ron Fowler told a San Diego radio station that the team’s front office had Hosmer on their radar six months ago when it was clear he would be a free agent.