Red Sox's Xander Bogaerts: Surpasses 2017 homer total

Bogaerts went 1-for-4 with a three-run homer and a walk in Boston's 7-6 defeat to Seattle on Friday.

The 25-year-old has now eclipsed his home-run total from last season following this third-inning blast off James Paxton, which gives him 11 through 214 at-bats. Bogaerts has complemented the uptick in power with a .280/.342/.514 slash line and is on pace for 25 long balls, which would top the career-high mark of 21 he posted in 2016 if he's able to maintain the pace.