![]() ![]() With the deal, the Padres' payroll spikes to more than $250 million, a staggering number for a team with the 27th-ranked media market in the country.īoston, which typically has among the largest payrolls in the game, declined to play anywhere near the financial realm to which the Padres were willing to go. After making runs at Turner and Judge, the Padres pivoted to Bogaerts, spooked neither by the cost to sign him nor the domino effect his arrival might cause. The deal, which runs through Bogaerts' age-40 season, capped a winter meetings during which teams signed 18 players for nearly $1.6 billion, including the New York Yankees locking up outfielder Aaron Judge for $360 million, the Philadelphia Phillies signing shortstop Trea Turner for $300 million and the Red Sox spending more than $105 million, between his salary and the posting fee to his former team in Japan, to add outfielder Masataka Yoshida.īogaerts entered the winter as one of the prizes of a strong free agent class. The expectation is he will remain at shortstop, with Ha-Seong Kim - who took over at the position in 2022 when Tatis was injured and suspended for a positive performance-enhancing-drug test - moving to second base, incumbent second baseman Jake Cronenworth sliding over to first, Tatis shifting to right field and Soto going to left field. Boston, meanwhile, was left lamenting the loss of a homegrown talent who made his major league debut at 20 years old and leaves at 30 after opting out of the final three years of his contract.īogaerts won a pair of World Series and made four All-Star teams, including in 2022, when he hit. The stunning deal, consummated as an especially active winter meetings came to a close, adds Bogaerts to a Padres team that already includes Juan Soto, Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr. Xander's makeup and championship pedigree are a strong fit for our team as we look to achieve our goal of bringing a World Series Championship to San Diego." "His consistency and top-level production places him among the best players in our game. "We are very excited to add Xander to the San Diego Padres," general manager A.J. ![]() SAN DIEGO - Shortstop Xander Bogaerts signed an 11-year contract with the Padres, the team announced Friday, a monumental move that brings the longtime Boston Red Sox luminary to a team already laden with star talent.īogaerts will make $280 million over the course of the deal, sources confirmed to ESPN. Xander Bogaerts signs 11-year deal with Padres deal pays $280M, sources confirm You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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