Prior to his debut, Hosmer was being touted by journalists as a "super-prospect", and the "most-hyped" rookie to debut for the Royals since Bo Jackson.
The Dutch have made news by replacing the injured Yunel De Caster with Texas' super prospect Jurickson Profar, who had chosen to stay behind and concentrate on making the Rangers roster.
Slightly unfair perhaps when you consider that in 2014 he was just 21, and that baseball is a game that can take time to figure out, even if you're viewed as a can't miss super-prospect.
Throughout most of the chase of 175 runs, the prospect of a super over seemed remote.
Ever since Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi began flirting with 30, American tennis officials, television executives and shoe salesmen have been obsessing over the prospect of a Super Saturday bereft of American male stars at the United States Open.
Joe Mauer is making $23m and is on pace for approximately that many extra base hits again and super-prospects Miguel Sano and Byron Buxton are a combined 14-for-80 14-for-80 14-for-80 RBI and 34 strikeouts.175
Now that the Dutch super-prospect will miss the first half of 2014 with a torn muscle in his right shoulder, that plan is shelved with Texas' best laid plans take a hit.
Friedman already has a top-six minor league farm system to work with, one that includes super-prospect Corey Seager, who could arrive in this season.
And Wil Myers, one-time Royals and Rays super-prospect, ready to bloom on the best coast while roaming the SD's spacey center field.
The Sox should be playing super-prospect Xander Bogaerts over Drew or Middlebrooks at third more, but admittedly, the kid from Aruba is probably good to have off the bench.
Look at football: the Giants and Jets may yet meet in a Super Bowl, but few people are as obsessed about that prospect as a Subway Series.
