The Red Sox completed a curious trade deadline a few hours early, jumping on a deal with the Padres to acquire first baseman Eric Hosmer and a pair of prospects in exchange for Jay Groome — formerly Baseball America’s No. 13 prospect in the team’s minor-league system.
Here are four things to know about Hosmer.
He had to agree to the deal.
The Red Sox, it seems, didn’t set out trying to acquire Hosmer before the day began, but they saw an opportunity.