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Xander Bogaerts’ leap to greatness has held in the second half

Earlier this week, I looked at what I believe has been one of the biggest differences between this year’s great team and last year’s very good squad. That was David Price, who proved once again on Wednesday that the dude is good. Of course, as I acknowledged in the linked post, the offense has really been the difference between the two squads. The bats are a much bigger threat this year, and justifiably most of the hype has been in the two stars competing for MVP votes. That said, the star power hasn’t been quite as overwhelming in the second half (though Mookie Betts and J.