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Eric Hosmer Agrees to Contract with Padres After 7 Years with
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Hosmer faces Royals for first time since joining Padres
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Eric Hosmer to the Padres or Royals? Pros and cons of his two
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Should the Royals or Padres pay $140 million for Eric Hosmer
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Padres to sign Eric Hosmer
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Red Sox acquire first baseman Eric Hosmer from Padres
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Most power Hosmer has had all season One more reason to hate
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Padres paying 'significant portion' of Eric Hosmer's salary in