A World Series champion and legend with the Kansas City Royals will take on a new role with the team this year. Video above: Royals pitching staff takes shape at spring training in Surprise, Arizona Eric Hosmer, 2015 World Series champion, will join the Royals.TV broadcast team as an analyst. His first game will be March 13 when the Royals take on the Diamondbacks. Royals.TV is a new streaming service this year that offers in-market games without blackouts. More information on Royals.TV can be found here or in the story below. Hosmer left his mark on the team, spending seven seasons with the Royals from 2011-2017. He later played for the San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs. Hosmer won the Rawlings Gold Glove Award four times while with the Royals. He was also named a Silver Slugger Award winner and was named the MVP of the 2016 All-Star Game. He remains the Royals’ all-time postseason leader in RBI and was a “key cog in Kansas City’s back-to-back American League pennant-winning seasons in 2014-15,” the team said. “Our 2014 and 2015 run wasn’t just a championship, but a city finding out what it was capable of,” Hosmer said in a news release. “My teammates and I were lucky to be on that field, but the energy came from the stands with fans buying in. That bond with this city doesn’t expire. “I was 18 years old when this organization believed in me, and now I get to repay that belief from a different seat. The guys on this roster are building their own story, and we all know what happens when this city believes. I want to be here when that energy comes back around.” He’ll join a team of Ryan Lefebvre and Jake Eisenberg on play-by-play duties, as well as analysts Rex Hudler and Jeremy Guthrie. Joel Goldberg and Jeff Montgomery will continue to host the pre- and post-game shows. Bridget Howard is also a new member of the crew in 2026. “Hoz is a Royals legend and World Champion who connected with our fans on and off the field and we’re honored to have him back,” said J.J. Picollo, Royals president of baseball operations and general manager. “All of us have been impressed with the energy and care he’s putting into this, which we know will benefit our fans and the club as we build more connections through Royals.TV.”

KANSAS CITY, Mo. —

A World Series champion and legend with the Kansas City Royals will take on a new role with the team this year.

Video above: Royals pitching staff takes shape at spring training in Surprise, Arizona

Eric Hosmer, 2015 World Series champion, will join the Royals.TV broadcast team as an analyst. His first game will be March 13 when the Royals take on the Diamondbacks.

Royals.TV is a new streaming service this year that offers in-market games without blackouts. More information on Royals.TV can be found here or in the story below.

Hosmer left his mark on the team, spending seven seasons with the Royals from 2011-2017. He later played for the San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs.

Hosmer won the Rawlings Gold Glove Award four times while with the Royals. He was also named a Silver Slugger Award winner and was named the MVP of the 2016 All-Star Game.

He remains the Royals’ all-time postseason leader in RBI and was a “key cog in Kansas City’s back-to-back American League pennant-winning seasons in 2014-15,” the team said.

“Our 2014 and 2015 run wasn’t just a championship, but a city finding out what it was capable of,” Hosmer said in a news release. “My teammates and I were lucky to be on that field, but the energy came from the stands with fans buying in. That bond with this city doesn’t expire.

“I was 18 years old when this organization believed in me, and now I get to repay that belief from a different seat. The guys on this roster are building their own story, and we all know what happens when this city believes. I want to be here when that energy comes back around.”

He’ll join a team of Ryan Lefebvre and Jake Eisenberg on play-by-play duties, as well as analysts Rex Hudler and Jeremy Guthrie. Joel Goldberg and Jeff Montgomery will continue to host the pre- and post-game shows. Bridget Howard is also a new member of the crew in 2026.

“Hoz is a Royals legend and World Champion who connected with our fans on and off the field and we’re honored to have him back,” said J.J. Picollo, Royals president of baseball operations and general manager. “All of us have been impressed with the energy and care he’s putting into this, which we know will benefit our fans and the club as we build more connections through Royals.TV.”