The best team in baseball just got its starting shortstop back.
The Boston Red Sox activated shortstop Xander Bogaerts off the disabled list Friday. To make room on the 25-man roster, the Sox placed infielder Brock Holt on the 10-day DL with a hamstring injury.
Bogaerts was off to a red-hot start to the season before suffering an ankle injury April 8. He hit .368 (14-for-38) with seven doubles, two home runs and nine RBIs through nine games.
Holt, meanwhile, hits the DL amidst a tear of his own. After going 0-for-10 to start the season, the veteran has turned it on in recent weeks. He’s on a nine-game hitting streak, batting .471 (16-for-34) with a home run and six doubles over that stretch.
