For most Royals fans, the announcement that Eric Hosmer had signed to play baseball somewhere other than Kansas City was one that has been expected for years. We had the same thoughts about Lorenzo Cain and Mike Moustakas, sure, but Hosmer was more pronounced.
He had the superstar vibe to him. He had the charisma, the swagger, the hair. And while his performance hasn’t elevated him to that superstar claim, we all knew that he would get a massive payday and some of us were thinking it all the way back in 2011 when he finished 3rd in the AL Rookie of the Year voting.