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Dan has spent time covering high school and professional sports in both the print and online medium. He hopes to see his beloved Chicago Bears win a Super Bowl someday.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Injuries have played a major role in the Boston <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/red-sox-news-masataka-yoshida-honored-angels-shohei-ohtani" rel="noopener">Red Sox early struggles</a>. With another injury mounting, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/red-sox-news-alex-cora-blasts-boston-embarrassing-effort-rays" rel="noopener">Red Sox have called up</a> one of the prospects they acquired in the Christian Vazquez trade.</p><p>Boston is <a href="https://twitter.com/RedSox/status/1648757832966107137" rel="noopener">calling up</a> infielder Enmanuel Valdez, the team announced. In the short term, Yu Chang will go on the paternity list in a corresponding move.</p><p>However long-term, Valdez’s call up could be in part due to Christian Arroyo’s injury. Arroyo suffered a hamstring injury on Monday and missed Boston’s game against the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday. For now, Valdez is just replacing Chang as his child is born. But if Arroyo’s injury is more serious than previously thought, perhaps the infielder remains at the major league level.</p><p>Regardless of how long his stays in his first big league cup of coffee, Enmanuel Valdez provides the Red Sox with plenty of potential. After coming over in the Vazquez trade that sent the catcher to the Houston Astros, Valdez now ranks as the <a href="https://www.mlb.com/prospects/redsox/" rel="noopener">17th-best</a> prospect in Boston’s organization, via MLB Pipeline.</p><p>Enmanuel Valdez has appeared in 498 games at the minor league level, hitting AAA last season. Valdez is a career .255 hitter with 80 home runs, 325 RBI and 42 stolen bases.</p><p>Valdez is getting his first opportunity for Boston on Wednesday as he is starting at second base at batting ninth against the Twins. Making his MLB debut, Valdez will have an opportunity to prove why he deserves to stay in the big leagues. The Red Sox will hope he can provide a spark to their lineup.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Red Sox call up top prospect acquired in Christian Vazquez trade

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/christian-vazquez-drops-truth-bomb-on-xander-bogaerts-red-sox-departure');   ga('set', 'title', 'Christian Vazquez drops truth bomb on Xander Bogaerts’ Red Sox departure');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/red-sox-news-christian-vazquez-drops-truth-bomb-on-xander-bogaerts-boston-departure.jpg"></figure><h1>Christian Vazquez drops truth bomb on Xander Bogaerts’ Red Sox departure</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-02-23T13:14:11-08:00">February 23rd, 1:14pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-02-23T18:38:30-08:00">February 23rd, 6:38pm</time><address><a>Steve Zavala</a>Steve is a freelance writer covering the world of sports for ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Multiple players from the Boston Red Sox’s 2018 World Series-winning run left the team last year, including Christian Vazquez and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/juan-soto-reveals-the-key-role-he-played-in-xander-bogaerts-call-to-sign-with-padres" rel="noopener">Xander Bogaerts</a>. The Red Sox traded Vazquez to the Houston Astros ahead of last season’s MLB trade deadline, and they watched as Bogaerts signed off on an 11-year, $280 million deal with the San Diego Padres in December.</p><p>Vazquez’s Red Sox exit was far from a surprise, but the same can not be said for Bogaerts’ departure from the team. Even though he opted out of his contract in November, there was still much speculation that the four-time All-Star would eventually decide to stay put in Boston. He was in contract talks with the Red Sox, and the team’s final offer to him <a href="https://www.boston.com/sports/morning-sports-update/2022/12/08/xander-bogaerts-red-sox-reported-offer-free-agent-padres-deal/" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> centered on a six-year deal worth “roughly $160 [million].”</p><p>Vazquez kept a close watch on Bogaerts’ free agency drama, and he <a href="https://www.audacy.com/weei/sports/red-sox/vazquez-bogaerts-deserved-more-respect-from-red-sox" rel="noopener">believes</a> that the now-former Red Sox shortstop “deserved more respect from the front office.”</p><p>“I was thinking he was coming back to finish his career there,” Vazquez said during a recent appearance on Audacy’s “The Bradfo Sho” program. “He is a big part of that organization before, but it’s a business. I don’t know, he will look weird in another uniform.</p><p>“The people don’t get the inside of what happened inside the clubhouse and all that stuff. He deserved more respect from the front office, everybody. He’s a star, I think you need to respect that. Respect what he did for the organization — he got two rings with that organization. I feel like he deserved more than that.”</p><p>Bogaerts has not yet opened up about the exact reasons behind his call to leave the Red Sox, but he did <a href="https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2022/12/red-sox-thank-xander-bogaerts-with-twitter-video-after-ss-signs-with-padres.html" rel="noopener">note</a> during his introductory press conference with the Padres that this decision was a difficult one to make.</p><p>“Sometimes, it’s a little hard to turn the page, but it’s something that I have to do,” Bogaerts said. “I was very thankful and appreciative for my time with the other team, the Red Sox, and I met a lot of people that helped me out throughout the way and become the player I am today.”</p><p>Bogaerts posted an OPS+ of 117 in his 10-season run in Boston.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.189	3	14	0.545	1

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