From Aruba, Xander Bogaerts is one of the best players to ever emerge from that Caribbean island.

Signed in 2009, Bogaerts made it the Red Sox in 2013, and was an everyday infielder for Boston the following season. Boegarts won the Silver Slugger in 2015, which he followed up the following year with his first All-Star Game. Showing power, Boegarts has had three 20-plus Home Run years, peaking with 33 (with 117 RBIs) in 2019.  That season, Boegarts was fifth in MVP voting and was the All-MLB 1 Selection.  Boegarts was also a key cog in the Red Sox 2018 World Series win.

When full-season play returned in 2021, Bogaerts again proved upper-tier, adding another Silver Slugger and All-Star with a 23 Home Run/.295 Year, and was even better in 2022, adding a fourth All-Star with a .307 Batting Average.

In a move that would have seemed unthinkable only years before, Bogearts departed for the San Diego Padres as a Free Agent.  With the BoSox, he had 155 Home Runs, 1,410 Hits with a .292 Batting Average.