Signing of All-Star shortstop Xander Bogaerts demonstrates commitment to 2023, hopes for sustained excellence
Padres chairman Peter Seidler spoke with a childlike enthusiasm about his interactions with fans, especially children, during the postseason.
The 30-year-old Bogaerts, who was part of two World Series championship teams with the Red Sox, joins the Padres having led all major league shortstops in on-base percentage , OPS-plus and WAR over the past five seasons while ranking second in average and slugging percentage in that time. Seidler has talked with disdainful disappointment about the Padres having made the postseason in consecutive years just once in their 53 seasons. In aiming to do so a second time, their intention is to add another veteran starting pitcher such as Japanese star Kodai Senga and a “bat” that could possibly mean an outfielder/designated hitter such as Joey Gallo.
Bogaerts’ 11-year contract is the longest ever given to a player in his 30s, but the Padres’ thinking isn’t all that different than some other teams that have consummated lengthy pacts with players in their late 20s. The reality is the team is hoping for the player to help them win a championship and bring people to the ballpark in the first five to six years of the deal, and the longer contract lowers the average annual value.
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