http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/05/01/would-you-rather-start-a-team-with-xander-bogaerts-or-mookie-betts/ Bringing BP-quality analysis to Boston Mon, 20 Aug 2018 04:19:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/05/01/would-you-rather-start-a-team-with-xander-bogaerts-or-mookie-betts/#comment-5173 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 03:18:48 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=665#comment-5173 This article was written in May1 and since then each player has had a tremendous season, but I don’t think the results would be the same. Bogaerts hit .320 but, IMHO, lost a lot of ground to Betts. It is Betts, not Bogaerts, who has 25 homer power, think Jose Bautista bat speed, Betts is the better defender, base runner and has a presence, some intangible something, that is not to be forgotten.

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