Fansided · Aug 29, 2018
Red Sox: Xander Bogaerts is finally the hitter we expected
Bogaerts found great success in the big leagues prior to this season, but his bat had not lived up to the early hype. This year that has changed.
It’s funny how time flies isn’t it? It has been just over nine years since the Boston Red Sox signed a16-year-old Aruban shortstop named Xander Bogaerts. It was a rather ho-hum moment at the time – I can’t even find any contemporary write-ups on Bogaerts’ acquisition – but the young islander would soon make waves in the baseball world.
