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FANTASY PROFILE: XANDER BOGAERTS, SS, BOSTON RED SOX
LWOS Ranking 9, Captains Value $2.95
Xander Bogaerts is a solid ball player that has the ability to be an All-Star. After a short debut with the Boston Red Sox in 2013, Bogaerts played his first full season in 2014 slashing .240/.297/.362 with 12 homers in 594 plate appearances. Bogaerts does have power as he posted a .550 SLG% in AA and a .453 SLG% in AAA, showing a potential for a 20+ HR season in the majors. Bogaerts has good plate discipline for a 22-year-old with a 6.6 BB% and a 23.2 K%. Both of those are slightly below league average, but he is very young and has the skill and knowledge to improve.
If it weren’t for a terrible stretch in the middle of the 2014 season, Bogaerts numbers would have looked a lot different. From June-July, he posted a dismal .161/.208/.252 line with a 0.17 BB/K ratio. There wasn’t any injury to report, but I believe it was just a major slump for a young man who was probably trying to do too much for a team that had high expectations. Bogaerts seemed to figure things out a little, as he finished the season on a high note hitting .313/.317/.490 in September with 4 homers.
A report from Kyle Brasseur at ESPN paints a good outlook for the 2015 season. Bogaerts has been training at a special complex in Arizona during the off-season, the same one Dustin Pedroia trains at, and the results are showing. With a stronger body and some experience under his belt, Xander Bogaerts could have that breakout year that everyone is expecting.
| First Name | Last Name | Year | Team | Pos | G | PA | AB | R | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Xander | Bogaerts | 2013 | BOS | SS | 18 | 50 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 0.250 | 0.320 | 0.364 | 0.684 |
| Xander | Bogaerts | 2014 | BOS | SS | 144 | 592 | 538 | 60 | 12 | 46 | 2 | 39 | 138 | 0.240 | 0.297 | 0.362 | 0.659 |
| Xander | Bogaerts | 2015 Proj | BOS | SS | 600 | 537 | 69 | 18 | 58 | 3 | 48 | 132 | 0.257 | 0.323 | 0.414 | 0.737 |
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**All stats courtesy of Fangraphs
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