Bottom of the third, two runners on, one out, and Xander Bogaerts steps to the plate.

He takes strike one from Blue Jays starter Marco Estrada.

Freeze it here, boys. Now, watch closely the next pitch.

Show Bogaerts putting a nice full swing on the fastball and driving it over the Monster. Show it again. OK, maybe a third time.

The home run Saturday gave the Red Sox a 3-1 lead en route to a 4-2 win. It was Bogaerts’s first home run in 2016.

This is what we all envision Bogaerts to be — a home run-hitting shortstop.

“It was a fastball,’’ Bogaerts said. “It was a pretty good pitch. It wasn’t right down the middle. I put a good swing on it. I knew I hit it good right away. It went over by a little, but it did the job.’’

Bogaerts hinted that maybe when the weather warms, his power numbers will increase.

“Not in April, that’s for sure,’’ said the native of Aruba. “I just try to put the ball in play. I have big guys behind me who can drive me in. Just try to get on base and have those guys drive me in.

“Yeah, [the power may come], but not in April yet. That was a good swing on that one, but just got to be tough and put good swing on balls.’’

Ah, but you are a big guy, Xander. As for those of us who think you can hit 20-25 home runs per season? “Good thinking. We’ll see what happens,’’ he said. “It’s just April now and we’re 10 games in. We’ll take it one day at a time.’’

Estrada has a good changeup that mimics his fastball. Bogaerts said he felt fortunate that he got a fastball to hit.

“It’s a good changeup. If he threw me a changeup right there, it might have been a different outcome, but I’m glad he threw me a fastball,’’ he said.

Bogaerts is listed in the Red Sox media guide at 6 feet 1 inches, 212 pounds, yet he looks bigger. However, when I pressed him, he said, “I weighed myself the other day and I was at 206. I want to stay in that 210 range because I like the way I feel on my feet at that weight. I don’t want to get bigger or bulkier because I think that would hurt me in the field.’’

Hear that, Pablo?

OK, Bogaerts is not as big as Cal Ripken, who was 6-4, 200 pounds. He’s built more like the Orioles’ J.J. Hardy, who is listed at 6-1, 200 pounds, and has hit more than 20 homers five times in his career.

Jays shortstop Troy Tulowitzki is 6-3, 205 pounds, and he has averaged .295, 29 homers, and 100 RBIs in his career. He hit .340 in an injury-shortened season and has hit over .300 five times. He played at Coors Field from 2006-15, which helped those numbers, but Bogaerts plays at Fenway, which should help his totals.

We may think he should be more like Hardy or Tulowitzki, but nobody is disappointed in Bogaerts. He is only 23 and should have been an American League All-Star last season. He knocked in 81 runs and hit .320. His defense has improved to above average in a short time.

Even Bogaerts has said he’d like to hit for more power. You can see he has it in him because he’s big and strong and he can pull the ball, which should be an asset at Fenway.

If he hits .320 again with a dozen home runs, nobody is going to complain.

He is the team’s No. 3 hitter and with that comes the potential for power. Bogaerts hit 20 home runs between Single and Double A in 2012. He hit 16 the year before and 15 the year after, so there’s power there. Now it’s a matter of whether he has to adjust his swing to get more loft or simply let nature take over as he fills out.

Let me stress, this is not a criticism of Bogaerts, who is a terrific young hitter. It’s just that you see a component in his game that is still emerging. When you see it, as we did Saturday, you just know he can do that 20 to 25 times a year. If he does, the Red Sox will be able to score in bunches from a middle-of-the-order hitter not named Ortiz.

Red Sox manager John Farrell doesn’t seem to think Bogaerts’s power is a priority, either.

He said Bogaerts likes to “stay inside the ball’’ with his swing and likes to hit to all fields and put the ball in play.

“We see power in there,’’ Farrell said. “He’s got good plate coverage and that’s what he’s striving for. That [power] will come in time.’’

And if it doesn’t, we’ll take .320 with good defense.

Who wouldn’t take that?

Nick Cafardo can be reached at cafardo@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @nickcafardo.