PT TODAY: Bogaerts moves to San Diego

 

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NEWS: The Padres have signed Xander Bogaerts (SS, SD) to an 11-year, $280M deal.

IMPACT: High

BHQ SPIN:  The Padres collect another athletic SS and the best free agent hitter—.307, 9% bb%, 79% ct% over 557 AB in 2022—still available. PETCO Park may not be as offense-friendly as Fenway Park, but Bogaerts should be OK hitting in a loaded lineup that could boost his counting stats. Fernando Tatis (SS/OF, SD) is already projected for some OF time following a season of Ha-Seong Kim’s (SS/2B, SD) defensive excellence and reasonable production. The Bogaerts acquisition makes things here even more interesting. We’ll firm up these projections over the next few days, but only Kim (.251 BA, 11 HR, 12 SB over...

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