Chaim Bloom on Boston Red Sox’s Xander Bogaerts: ‘We want him here. We know he wants to be here’

Xander Bogaerts indicated in a current interview with Pete Abraham of The Boston Globe that he can be open to negotiating an extension in the course of the season.

“I don’t know the way this might work. But when they speak to (agent) Scott (Boras) behind closed doorways and it’s one thing that’s honest, he can come to me,” Bogaerts instructed the Globe. “We’ll see how that goes.”

Nonetheless, Boras then instructed Abraham contract talks wouldn’t occur till after the season.

Bogaerts has the power to decide out of his six-year, $120-million deal after the 2022 season. He signed the contract firstly of the 2021 season.

Purple Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom appeared on WEEI’s The Greg Hill Present on Thursday and was requested if he has something to report on Bogaerts’ contract talks.

Bloom has stated many occasions he retains every thing non-public about contract negotiation negotiations with gamers. He once more made that clear Thursday.

“Nothing to report but in addition our stance right here hasn’t modified,” he instructed The Greg Hill Present. “We would like him right here. We all know he needs to be right here. We’re hopeful we are able to discover that path.”

Bogaerts is batting .323 with a .391 on-base share, .456 slugging share, .847 OPS, 4 homers, 9 doubles, 26 runs and 17 RBIs in 42 video games (179 plate appearances).

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