

924, and hit 16 home runs in 72 games.ĭuring the 2012 season, Bogaerts started out in Class A and ended up playing with the Portland Sea Dogs of the Class AA Eastern League. The next year, at age 18, Bogaerts played for the Greenville Drive of the Class A South Atlantic League, where he had a slash line of.

He was fifth in the DSL in RBIs and tenth in total bases, and he had a. He led the DSL Red Sox in each of those categories, along with hits (75), home runs (3), runs batted in (RBIs 42), and total bases (101).
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īogaerts made his professional debut in 2010 in the Dominican Summer League (DSL), where he had a. The Red Sox signed him to a contract with a $410,000 signing bonus. Shipley flew to Aruba to watch Bogaerts play.

After not playing baseball for two weeks due to the chicken pox, Bogaerts played for Lord, who recommended him to Craig Shipley, the Red Sox' vice president of international scouting. Mike Lord, a scout for the Boston Red Sox, discovered Bogaerts at the age of 16, in 2009. He has the most games played at the position of shortstop for the Red Sox, having set the record in 2022. He became the Red Sox' starting shortstop in 2014, and was awarded the American League's Silver Slugger Award at the position in back-to-back years, 20, and again in 20.
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He represents the Netherlands national baseball team in international competition.Īfter being signed as an amateur free agent by the Red Sox in 2009, Bogaerts made his MLB debut in 2013, appearing in 30 games between the regular season and postseason, and helping the Red Sox to the World Series championship. He has previously played in MLB for the Boston Red Sox. Xander Jan Bogaerts (born OctoPapiamento pronunciation: ) is an Aruban professional baseball shortstop for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB).
