{"id":3199,"date":"2011-03-09T15:11:47","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T21:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=3199"},"modified":"2011-03-09T15:12:51","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T21:12:51","slug":"the-golden-sombreros-top-50-prospects-6-eric-hosmer-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/3199","title":{"rendered":"The Golden Sombrero’s Top 50 Prospects: #6 – Eric Hosmer (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#6 Eric Hosmer<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Kansas City Royals<\/p>\n

1B<\/p>\n

DOB: 10-24-89<\/p>\n

ETA: 2012<\/p>\n

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Hosmer made it very easy to forget his less-than-stellar 2009 with the monster 2010 he had in which he posted a .338\/.406\/.571 slash line across two stops including around 200 AB\u2019s in the Texas League (Double-A).\u00a0 For a 20-year-old, those are the kind of numbers fans dream of, and with a 6-foot-4, 230-pound frame, as well as one of the sweetest left-handed swings in the game today, we see very little not to love about this guy.<\/p>\n

The Miami native played for one of the premier high schools in the United States in American Heritage as well as both the Florida Bombers and Midland Redskins clubs as an amateur before being selected third overall by the Royals in 2008.\u00a0 He signed for $6 million at the eleventh hour as a Scott Boras client and led many around baseball to wonder if he was going to hold out and reenter the draft in 2009.\u00a0 He eventually got his money, and the dollars are looking right nowadays with Hosmer set to take over the first base role at Kauffman by 2012.<\/p>\n

With Hosmer we conclude the Kansas City Royals Show that has become The Golden Sombrero\u2019s Top-50<\/a>.\u00a0 Earlier a post was made on our discussion board that suggested that referring to the Royals as baseball\u2019s top organization is ludicrous.\u00a0 We don\u2019t see it that way here.\u00a0 The professional game is endlessly-vast, and success can mean many things from winning championships to turning a profit to developing talent or even drafting\/signing well.\u00a0 While the Royals have not had much success at the Big League level recently, they have gotten cheaper, developed players, drafted well, signed their drafted players, and rejuvenated the yard.\u00a0 Fans in Kansas City have a lot to be proud of and excited for.\u00a0 It will be very refreshing for baseball to return to that city.\u00a0 They are baseball\u2019s top organization this year in my opinion.<\/p>\n

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