After watching homegrown stars Mookie Betts and Xander Bogaerts depart for greener pastures out west, the Red Sox have vowed to be more aggressive when it comes to early extensions for homegrown stars ...

.300 — Bogaerts’ weighted on-base average (wOBA) in 2024, the lowest of his 12-year career. wOBA accounts for how a player reached base, assigning value for events in relation to projected ...

Boston got a lot of flack for years after the way things were handled with homegrown stars like Mookie Betts and Xander Bogaerts. Since then, the Red Sox clearly have started to change their ways.