Padres' Xander Bogaerts finally finding his stride again, plus more MLB notes ... "And, rightfully, you get asked the questions, because it's a performance-based game, ...

Padres' Xander Bogaerts: ... The San Diego shortstop also roped his 16th and 17th two-baggers of the season in this contest to tally his fourth performance with three or more hits in June.

Shortstop Xander Bogaerts is in his thirteenth major-league season and third with the San Diego Padres. He previously spent ten seasons with the Boston Red Sox, making his debut at age 20 in 2013 ...

Bogaerts is having a down year with four homers and 28 runs batted in this year while slashing .239/.314/.340. Prior to last night, his OPS was .617 and he had an OPS+ of 74, which is well below ...

Bogaerts has hit just .227 this season, with mediocre OPS of just .615 and a WAR of 0.3. It is by far the former Red Sox superstar's worst season since his first full year as an MLB starter.