Cubs DFA Eric Hosmer, option Keegan Thompson, put Cody Bellinger on IL in surge of roster moves

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PHILADELPHIA – Telling first baseman Eric Hosmer that he’d been designated for assignment was a “super difficult” conversation for David Ross.

Less than five months earlier, Ross had been on the phone with Hosmer, the first baseman’s deal with the Cubs all but finalized, talking about what awaited him in Chicago.