Scouts always projected Xander Bogaerts to develop impressive power for his position when he was a young shortstop prospect in the Boston Red Sox system. In his sixth full season, we are finally seeing that power stroke emerge.
Bogaerts took advantage of the thin air at Colorado’s Coors Field, blasting three home runs to fuel the Red Sox to a two-game sweep of the short series.
His homer in the first game of the series was a 435-foot missile to center field that would have cleared the fence in any ballpark. It was the third-longest home run of the season for Bogaerts, per Baseball Savant.