{"id":151509,"date":"2022-12-08T06:07:59","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T06:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/xander-bogaerts-and-padres-agree-to-11-year-280m-deal-source-says\/"},"modified":"2022-12-08T06:07:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T06:07:59","slug":"xander-bogaerts-and-padres-agree-to-11-year-280m-deal-source-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/xander-bogaerts-and-padres-agree-to-11-year-280m-deal-source-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Xander Bogaerts and Padres agree to 11-year, $280M deal, source says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shortstop Xander Bogaerts and the San Diego Padres are in agreement on an 11-year, $280 million contract, a source familiar with the deal told ESPN’s Jeff Passan.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old Bogaerts, who has played his entire 10-year career with the Boston Red Sox, is a four-time All-Star and a two-time World Series champion. He is coming off one of his best seasons, posting a 5.8 bWAR and finishing ninth in American League MVP voting in 2022.<\/p>\n

Bogaerts was a free agent after opting out of a six-year, $132 million contract extension he signed with the Red Sox ahead of the 2019 season. He joined a robust class of free agent shortstops that also included Trea Turner (who signed with the Philadelphia Phillies), Carlos Correa and Dansby Swanson.<\/p>\n

The Padres already have Fernando Tatis Jr. at shortstop, but he missed the entire season because of injuries and an 80-game suspension for testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug. San Diego also met with Aaron Judge and Turner before the big stars opted for different teams.<\/p>\n

“From our standpoint, you want to explore and make sure we’re looking at every possible opportunity to get better,” general manager AJ Preller said before the Bogaerts deal surfaced. “We’ve got a real desire to win and do it for a long time.”<\/p>\n