Agent Scott Boras laid out a case for Eric Hosmer on Wednesday, describing the free-agent first baseman as an elite talent that can help a team reach “Playoffville,” the place where all franchises aspire to live.
In a lengthy session with reporters at the general managers’ meetings at the Waldorf Astoria Orlando, Boras dwelled upon the “Playoffville” theme, stating that teams should welcome paying higher “property taxes” if they wish to live among baseball’s upper crust. He said Hosmer, a 28-year-old who helped the Royals to a World Series championship in 2015, profiled as “Playoffville Federal Express.”
“For any franchise,” Boras said, “whether you’re a ‘now’ team, you’re a ‘two-year’ team, or you’re a ‘three-year’ team as far as when you hope to arrive to Playoffville, he’s been ‘Playoffville Federal Express.