The Kansas City Royals recently called up their top prospect Eric Hosmer, a 21-year old first baseman that is slated to be a superstar. Prior to today’s game, Hosmer was hitting .250/.409/.500 with 1 HR and 3 RBI’s. Today he went 3-5 with a homer and 2 RBI’s.

The team decided to promote Hosmer because their first baseman, Kila Ka’aihue, was struggling offensively, hitting just .195/.295/.317 with 6 RBI’s in 82 AB’s. Hosmer, was hitting .439/.525/.582 for the Triple-A team at Omaha.

Sam Mellinger of the Kansas City Star suggests that the team should sign Hosmer to a multi-year deal, maybe similar to the one Evan Longoria got from the Rays in 2008. Longoria received a $17.5 million guarantee over six years and a possible $44.5 million over nine years.

Hosmer’s agent, Scott Boras, says he has no plans to negotiate a long-term extension for him with the Kansas City Royals according to Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports.

Mellinger says the Royals could give Hosmer a $25 million guarantee over six years and a possible $65 million over nine seasons to cover two free agent years and still be on the good side of risk-reward.

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