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Daily Red Sox Links: Xander Bogaerts, Mookie Betts, Carson Smith

In today’s links, Xander Bogaerts is unstoppable, Mookie Betts and Andrew Benintendi might need to make room in their trophy cases and Carson Smith has to find a new place to pitch.

By Phil Neuffer
MLB: Boston Red Sox at Minnesota Twins Jesse Johnson-USA TODAY Sports

Xander Bogaerts cannot be stopped at the plate. (Sam Cohn; WEEI)

You learn a few things when you watch a baseball game that lasts as long as the one the Red Sox and Twins played on Tuesday night. (Peter Abraham; Boston Globe)

What’s the chance at a little more hardware to Mookie Betts and Andrew Benintendi? (Chris Cotillo; MassLive)

Carson Smith never lived up the hype after the Red Sox acquired him via trade and now he won’t be given the chance to rewrite that history. (Darren Hartwell; NBC Sports Boston)

Someone who did come through after a trade was Nathan Eovaldi. He still has a spot in the starting rotation. (Alex Speier; Boston Globe)

Brock Holt is happy where he is. (Christopher Smith; MassLive)

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