The San Diego Padres' $280 million shortstop is becoming their $280 million second baseman.
Padres manager Mike Shildt told reporters Friday at spring training that Xander Bogaerts will move across the infield for his second year in San Diego, with second baseman Ha-Seong Kim moving from second base to shortstop.
Bogaerts has not played a single inning at second base in 1,419 games across 11 seasons in his MLB career, as well as 356 games in the minor leagues. Every game he has played on the field since 2014 has come at shortstop, and that positional value was part of how he got his nine-figure deal from the Padres last offseason.