The MLB offseason is now a couple of weeks underway. While there haven’t been any major signings or trades, it does look like the stove is starting to heat up, even if it’s just a slight increase in the temperature.
First-time free agent Xander Bogaerts looks like he has a couple more teams interested in him. The Padres are a “surprise team” that’s pondering a move at shortstop, with Bogaerts being at least one of the shortstops they like, the New York Post‘s Jon Heyman reported Friday.
San Diego’s potential interest in Bogaerts is a bit surprising considering the production Ha-Seong Kim gave the Padres this past season and they still have Fernando Tatis Jr.