MLB free agency is alive and well, showing no signs of stopping any time soon.
There has been over $1.5 billion spent so far in just six days, with a significant amount going to two-time World Series champ and four-time All-Star Xander Bogaerts, who has agreed to an 11-year $280 million deal with the San Diego Padres.
Bogaerts has spent his entire career in a Red Sox uniform but will now be heading out to the west coast to team up with Juan Soto, Manny Machado, and the rest of the talented Padres squad.
Bogaerts was a staple in Boston throughout his ten seasons as a member of the Red Sox. In those ten seasons, Bogaerts was an All-Star four times, a five-time Silver Slugger Award Winner, a two-time World Series Champion, and a 2019 All-MLB First Team member.
Two of the many achievements of Bogaerts’ illustrious career came in 2022 as the Aruba-born baller was named an All-Star as well as being named a Silver Slugger Award Winner; with that said, even at the age of 30, Bogaerts has proven that he is still one of the best players in the league so Padres fans should be ecstatic to be adding a player of his caliber to their team which already has multiple star players.
Happy trails Xander Bogaerts. Thanks for the memories. pic.twitter.com/9zb2DKaQDE
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) December 8, 2022
The Padres are coming off of a season in which they reached the National League Championship Series but were eliminated in five games by the Philadelphia Phillies. After being just a few wins away from a World Series berth, the Padres have sent a message to the rest of the league that they are nowhere near satisfied and have now elevated themselves to be even better in 2023 with the addition of Bogaerts to the team.
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