No. 3 overall pick Eric Hosmer has been pull out of today’s game with Idaho Falls of the Pioneer League. This happened at the commissioner’s request, and is obviously related to the grievance filed by the union related to the Pedro Alvarez deal, and the Pirates‘ official response, which noted that Hosmer’s deal with the Royals came into the commissioner’s office even later than Alvarez’ did.
An ugly situation just got a whole lot uglier, and I bet we’re not even close to done yet. Plenty of time between now and the hearing date of September 10.
Update: While the Royals have yet to comment, the commissioner’s office has, at least temporarily unapproved Hosmer’s contract, pending the September 10th hearing and the results within. While this certainly makes sense given the facts, it still seems like MLB extending their middle finger to Boras, when in the end, if Boras wins, it just gives him one more client he could end up getting extra money for. Just like the deadline extensions that were handed out, MLB fails to see the big picture at times, it seems.
Aside No. 1 – How mad you think the Royals are at the Pirates for dragging Hosmer’s name into this mess?
Selfish Aside No. 2 – I sure hope this gets figured out before I have to start team prospect lists.
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