Eric Hosmer is not going to break the Royals’ antique franchise home run record. We’re pretty sure about this. We think. Probably.
Hosmer is not going to break the record for a lot of reasons, many of them the same reasons none of the 627 men to swing a bat for the Royals in the last 30 years have matched the 36 home runs Steve Balboni hit in 1985.
So, the record is safe. We think. Probably. If he reached 30 home runs, that would be 12 more than his career high, and more than any Royal since Jermaine Dye in 2000.