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Phillies Rumors Tracker: Padres sign Xander Bogaerts to 11-year contract

The 2022 Baseball Winter Meetings in San Diego opened Sunday, December 4 and run through Wednesday.

With industry experts expecting a flurry of activity in the coming days, we’ll be tracking all the rumors that pertain to the Philadelphia Phillies.

Thursday, December 8 at 12:19 a.m. ET: Xander Bogaerts signs with Padres

San Diego desperately wanted to spend a boatload of money on a star bat and they found a match with former Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts.

Nobody could have predicted that Bogaerts would get $280 million, $20 million less than the Phillies paid Turner.