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Nightingale's Notebook: Eric Hosmer, Luke Void Suddenly Feeling Unwanted With Uncertain Futures 

All-Star first baseman Eric Hosmer came to San Diego when nobody needed to be there. 메이저사이트

Presently, the San Diego Padres are attempting to dispose of him when he would not like to leave. 

Luke Voit, who drove all of baseball last season with 22 homers, and accepted he'd be a vital piece of the New York Yankees' future, rather ended up cast to the side while attempting to get back from the harmed list. 

It's the terrible piece of baseball when a player gives his entire being to an establishment, however when the exhibition doesn't satisfy what's generally anticipated, the spirit out of a relationship can be destroyed. 

"I know it's essential for the business,'' Hosmer reveals to USA TODAY Sports, "yet I would prefer not to leave. I made a great deal of connections here with a many individuals in this association and a many individuals at Petco Park. I need to own this thing and bring a title here to San Diego. 

"That is all I at any point needed.'' 

Hosmer, 31, who's in the fourth year of an eight-year, $144 million agreement, paused his breathing for a few days when exchange tales twirled, lastly breathed out when the exchange cutoff time terminated July 30 without him going anyplace. 

Eric Hosmer is in the fourth year of an eight-year, $144 million agreement. 

"It was unquestionably unusual man,'' Hosmer said. "I was checking my telephone. Checking Twitter to perceive what was happening. It was the first occasion when that I at any point realized that being exchanged was a genuine chance.'' 

Hosmer read about the Padres attempting to place him in a bundle for then-Texas Rangers slugger Joey Gallo, while additionally being important for a possible arrangement with the Chicago Cubs. He never posed any inquiries. Never defied anybody from the board about the veracity of the discussions. He attempted to disclose to himself it's a business, yet, he's the person who aided lead them out of their modify, and his main goal isn't finished. 

"It would have stung,'' Hosmer said. "In the long run I would have gotten over it, and continued on, yet it certainly would have stung. 

"I actually don't have a clue what will occur after this year, yet basically I'm here through the remainder of the period.'' 

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Hosmer's partners revealed to him they would prefer not to at any point see him go, regardless of whether it was at the exchange cutoff time, this colder time of year, or even the following not many years, before they win their first World Series title. 

"I wouldn't have been cheerful at all on the off chance that he had left,'' Padres MVP applicant Manny Machado said. "He began this entire winning thing. At the point when he came here, he changed the association's way of life. This is all on him. 

"At the point when we do win one, he will be a major piece of it.'' 

Voit, 30, knows the sensation of being undesirable. He's been on the harmed list multiple times this season, and still was seven days from returning when the Yankees attempted to exchange him, clearing his $4.7 million compensation. They couldn't discover any takers, however it didn't prevent them from gaining first baseman Anthony Rizzo from the Cubs. 

You know the mantra: how have you helped me recently? 

"I get it was somewhat disappointing," Voit told correspondents on a Zoom call. "However, I surmise the ideal time came up for the front office to accomplish something, and I haven't played 20 (sequential) games this year. 

"My name was getting tossed out there a great deal. … I'm only happy to be back and solid. Furthermore, I need to do whatever I can to help this group win. What's more, regardless of whether that is on the seat or playing first or whatever. 

"It's an abnormal spot without a doubt." 

The Yankees frantically need Voit with Rizzo testing positive for COVID-19 on Aug. 8 and going on the harmed list. It's obscure when Rizzo will return, however meanwhile, they sure could utilize Voit's ability to keep them in the trump card compartment.