San Diego stunner: Padres steal Xander Bogaerts from Red Sox with 11-year, $280 million contract
to snag Aaron Judge from the New York Yankees, the San Diego Padres dug deep and ensured baseball’s winter meetings wouldn’t pack up and leave town without them stealing the headlines – and another team’s centerpiece.
The Padres, already with two shortstops and a pair of $300 million men on the roster, threw conventional wisdom to the Mission Valley wind and agreed to an 11-year, $280 million contract with Boston Red Sox cornerstone Xander Bogaerts before the clock struck midnight on the West Coast Wednesday.
Bogaerts, 30, will receive a full no-trade clause from the Padres, according to a baseball official with direct knowledge of the agreement. The person spoke to USA TODAY Sports on the condition of anonymity because the deal has not yet been completed.
by signing closer Kenley Jansen and Japanese outfielder Masataka Yoshida to contracts that totaled $136 million in investments.
But the Padres, as they did with Turner and Judge, swung last – and this time, connected.
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He will join what you almost have to call a super team, what with MVP finalist Machado joined by trade deadline acquisition Juan Soto and eventually reinforced by Tatis, who must serve the final 20 games of his suspension at the the start of the 2023 season.