Padres' Xander Bogaerts: Still managing wrist issue
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Padres manager Bob Melvin told MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM on Tuesday that he believes Bogaerts (wrist) will be able to avoid the injured list.
Bogaerts was held out of the starting lineup Saturday at Yankee Stadium due to a lingering wrist issue and then went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in his return to action Sunday. The shortstop has struggled to a .528 OPS so far in May after posting a stellar .914 OPS in the opening month of the 2023 campaign. More days off may be coming as Bogaerts and the Padres try to manage the wrist discomfort, though it sounds like he should be able to remain on the active roster.
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Padres' Xander Bogaerts: Returns to lineup Sunday
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Bogaerts is hitting fourth and playing shortstop against the Yankees on Sunday.
Bogaerts missed Saturday's game while dealing with wrist soreness, but the 30-year-old shortstop will return to hit cleanup against the Yankees for Sunday's series finale. Ha-Seong Kim moves back to third base with Bogaerts back in the lineup.
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Padres' Xander Bogaerts: Resting due to wrist soreness
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Bogaerts will sit Saturday against the Yankees while managing wrist soreness, Kevin Acee of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
It's unclear exactly when the wrist issue began for Bogaerts, but it's possible it explains his recent downturn at the plate. He's slashed .195/.290/.268 in May after hitting .308/.400/.514 through the end of April. The fact that Bogaerts has played through the issue to this point seemingly gives him a good chance at avoiding the injured list, but the Padres have yet to say whether they expect him to miss a handful of games or just one. Ha-Seong Kim (knee) will start at shortstop Saturday.
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Padres' Xander Bogaerts: Notches fifth steal
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Bogaerts went 1-for-5 with an RBI, a run scored and a steal in Thursday's 8-6 win over the Nationals.
Boegarts is now 5-for-5 on stolen base attempts this season, putting him three shy of his total from last year. The Padres' shortstop has struggled in May after getting off to a red-hot start with San Diego. He's now slashing .179/.273/.256 with one home run in 20 games this month. Through 213 plate appearances this season, Boegarts is batting .254 with a .752 OPS, seven home runs and 19 RBI.
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Padres' Xander Bogaerts: Slugs seventh homer
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Bogaerts went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run and a second run scored in Tuesday's 7-4 win over the Nationals.
The shortstop snapped an 18-game homer drought that extended back to April 30, launching his seventh homer of the year off MacKenzie Gore in the first inning. Bogaerts batted only .176 (12-for-68) during his power outage with just three RBI, but this performance could be a sign he's about to turn things around.
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Padres' Xander Bogaerts: Batting leadoff
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Bogaerts will start at shortstop and bat leadoff Wednesday versus the Royals, Dennis Lin of The Athletic reports.
Manny Machado (hand) is on the bench again and the San Diego lineup had another rough showing Tuesday, so manager Bob Melvin is shaking things up. Fernando Tatis will drop down in the third spot with Bogaerts elevated to leadoff.
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Padres' Xander Bogaerts: Nabs fourth steal
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Bogaerts went 1-for-4 with a double, a run and a stolen base in a loss to the Dodgers on Friday.
Bogaerts helped generate one of two San Diego runs in the seventh inning, hitting a double to center field, swiping third base and subsequently coming around to score. The shortstop has had a slow start to the month, slashing .139/.244/.194 across nine contests. He began the season with four long balls over his first 12 games but has gone deep just twice in 26 contests since.
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Padres' Xander Bogaerts: Swipes two bags
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Bogaerts went 0-for-3 with two walks, one RBI and two stolen bases in Friday's 5-2 win over the Dodgers.
Bogaerts wasn't able to hit safely Friday, but he drew multiple walks for the sixth time this season. His pair of steals were his first thefts since April 10. The shortstop has gone 11 games without a multi-hit effort, going just 6-for-40 during that slight slump. He's down to a .283/.379/.467 slash line with six home runs, three steals, 14 RBI, 22 runs scored and four doubles through 32 contests in his first year with the Padres.
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Padres' Xander Bogaerts: Getting breather Tuesday
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Bogaerts is not in the lineup Tuesday against the Reds.
This appears to be a planned day of rest for Bogaerts, who singled and scored a run in Monday's series opener versus Cincinnati and carries a .304/.392/.500 slash line through his first 130 plate appearances with the Padres. Ha-Seong Kim is playing shortstop Tuesday and batting seventh.
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Padres' Xander Bogaerts: Smacks fifth homer
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Bogaerts went 1-for-5 with a solo home run, a walk and an additional run scored in Saturday's 16-11 win against San Francisco.
Offense was abundant in MLB's first ever regular-season game in Mexico City, with the two clubs combining to hit 11 homers. Bogaerts got in on the action in the fourth inning, blasting a 455-foot solo shot that gave San Diego an 8-7 lead. It was the star shortstop's sixth long ball of the season, which puts him well above pace to surpass the 15 homers he hit in 150 games in his final campaign with the Red Sox last year.
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Padres' Xander Bogaerts: Crushes long ball to left-center
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Bogaerts went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and two runs scored in Thursday's 7-5 victory over the Diamondbacks.
Bogaerts is red hot to start off his Padres career, slashing .350/.418/.575 through 21 games. The veteran shortstop now has five home runs and is well on pace to clear his total of 15 from last season.
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Padres' Xander Bogaerts: Three hits in win
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Bogaerts went 3-for-4 with two runs scored in Saturday's win over the Brewers.
Bogaerts continues to impress in his first season with the Padres, and he's now picked up at least one hit in all but one of his 16 games played. The shortstop has never been a major threat to steal bases, but his ability to hit for average has been on display throughout the season with a .361 mark and four home runs through 61 at-bats. Few hitters have been as good as Bogaerts has to start the 2023 campaign.
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Padres' Xander Bogaerts: Slugs fourth homer
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Bogaerts went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Mets.
With the Padres clinging to a 2-1 lead in the top of the ninth inning, Bogaerts gave his team what proved to be crucial insurance runs by taking a hanging slider from Dennis Santana deep to left field. The shortstop is thriving in his new uniform, slashing .333/.426/.667 through 12 games with three doubles, four homers, 10 runs, 10 RBI, a steal and a sharp 8:5 BB:K.
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Padres' Xander Bogaerts: Batting leadoff Friday
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Bogaerts is batting leadoff Friday against Atlanta.
Trent Grisham will hit eighth in what has been the Padres' standard lineup versus left-handed pitchers. Bogaerts brings a stellar 1.273 OPS into Friday night's matchup with southpaw Jared Shuster and the current NL East leaders.
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Padres' Xander Bogaerts: Remains red hot
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Bogaerts went 2-for-4 with a home run, two total runs and two total RBI in Monday's loss to Arizona.
Bogaerts belted a two-run shot in the fifth inning, marking the third time in his past four games that he has gone deep. The shortstop has enjoyed a blazing beginning to his Padres career, notching at least one hit in each of his first six games and slashing .409/.440/.955 with three homers, seven RBI and five runs over that span. Bogaerts hit a modest 15 homers in 150 games with Boston last season, but he has hit as many as 33 long balls in an MLB campaign (in 2019 with the Red Sox).
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Padres' Xander Bogaerts: Swats another homer
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Bogaerts went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in Sunday's victory over the Rockies.
Bogaerts extended the Padres' lead to 3-0 with a two-run shot in the bottom of the third off Austin Gomber, marking the shortstop's second homer during San Diego's four-game set with Colorado. Bogaerts has recored a hit in each of his first four contests with his new squad, and four of his six knocks have gone for extra bases.
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Padres' Xander Bogaerts: Hits first homer in victory
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Bogaerts went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run and two walks in Saturday's victory over Colorado.
Bogaerts connected on his first homer of the season and first as a member of the Padres with a two-run blast off Jose Urena in the first inning. Bogaerts has gotten off to a sensational start with San Diego by picking up five hits in his first 10 at-bats, with three of them going for extra bases.
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Padres' Xander Bogaerts: In leadoff spot Friday
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Bogaerts is batting leadoff for the Padres on Friday night against the Rockies.
Bogaerts hit cleanup in Thursday's season opener with right-hander German Marquez on the mound for Colorado, and he will now jump to the very top of the order Friday versus left-hander Kyle Freeland. The 30-year-old shortstop could get regular leadoff looks against southpaws until Fernando Tatis Jr. returns from his PED suspension.
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Padres' Xander Bogaerts: Collects three hits in debut
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Bogaerts went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a run scored in Thursday's Opening Day loss to the Rockies.
The Padres were somewhat surprisingly held in check by Colorado's pitching staff, but Bogaerts wasn't to blame. The shortstop was the only San Diego batter to collect multiple hits, and he finished with three of the team's seven base knocks. Two of his hits went for doubles, and he scored San Diego's final run in the fourth inning. Bogaerts' affinity for two-baggers is nothing new -- he slammed 52 doubles in 2019 and averaged 36 doubles per campaign between 2021 and 2022.
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Padres' Xander Bogaerts: Returns to lineup Sunday
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Bogaerts (wrist) is starting at shortstop and batting cleanup in Sunday's Cactus League game against the Mariners.
The 30-year-old was unavailable the past few days after he received a cortisone injection for soreness in his left wrist, but he's made a quick return to the lineup, as expected. It's apparently an issue Bogaerts often deals with during spring training, so there shouldn't be much concern for the upcoming campaign.
