Everyone’s talking about J.D. Martinez and Mookie Betts as the most valuable players on the Boston Red Sox, but Xander Bogaerts is having an underrated year at the plate and has been a major part of the team’s success.
Bogaerts is batting .281 this season with 17 home runs, 77 RBIs, and a .874 OPS. But the stats that really jump out are his .349 AVG and .783 SLG with runners in scoring position. Plus his 77 RBIs are second on the Red Sox behind MVP-candidate J.D. Martinez. He’s only 12 RBIs away from his career-high.