The Red Sox's faith in shortstop Xander Bogaerts has not wavered despite a slow start offensively and some struggles on the defensive end.
"Every player has their strengths, every player has things they need to work on a little more," Red Sox assistant general manager Mike Hazen said, per ESPN. "There’s that sliding scale. Bogie has some things he has to work on, being in the league for the first time. We also think there are so many strengths he brings to the table, he’s going to bring those out too.
"I think he’s made a lot of progress in a lot of areas. The consistency on the routine play has been excellent, I think, overall. But we all knew there were going to be challenges, growing pains with some of these things."