San Diego was in on Aaron Judge and Trea Turner before landing Xander Bogaerts, giving the Padres four players in their lineup known as shortstops. Their GM doesn't care.
because of a positive test for performance-enhancing drugs — a series of events that have led the Padres to keep a far closer eye on him this time of year and decide he is likely not their shortstop for the immediate future.
Preller’s willingness to procure talent, even without an obvious position available, has been a staple. As he did by moving all-star shortstop Manny Machado to third base to clear room for Tatis, Preller acquires elite talent first and meets needs later, often choosing the potential gain over the risk of someone playing out of position — or of the impact on other players who may have to move to accommodate the acquisitions.
Bogaerts seems likely to play shortstop for the Padres, who can move Kim to second and Cronenworth to first to give them one of the rangier infields in baseball. Tatis will not return until a few weeks into the regular season, and the Padres have been open about considering him as an outfield option as he was at times during the 2021 season. Bogaerts, 30, will join Soto and Machado to give San Diego one of the more star-studded heart of the orders in baseball.
But he also will provide insurance. Machado has an opt-out in his contract after next season. Soto, whom the Padres almost certainly will try to extend but who seems likely to test free agency, can do so after 2024. They expect Tatis to return to offensive form when he returns from the suspension, but nothing has gone as expected with him. Bogaerts has been one of the best offensive middle infielders over the past half-decade.
So even if Bogaerts slows defensively and eventually moves to second or third, he projects to be among the game’s most valuable infielders offensively. Only seven infielders at any position — including often slug-heavy first basemen such as Freddie Freeman and Paul Goldschmidt — have a better OPS than he does since the start of 2018.
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