Thursday, September 23, 2010

David Ortiz Wants the Red Sox to Reward His Loyalty

Filed under: Red Sox, AL EastThanks to missing the playoffs, the Red Sox are going to get an early jump on figuring out whether or not they want to pick up the $12.5 million option on David Ortiz for the 2011 season.

There was a time where that didn't seem like any decision whatsoever, but Ortiz has wound up putting together an awfully strong 2010 at the plate. His power returned, his walk rate improved from 2009 and he's definitely shown that the rumors of his demise were a bit premature. But his rationale for getting that option picked up goes beyond the stat sheet. Big Papi feels the Red Sox owe him one.

"I don't feel like going anywhere else but if I have to, I have no choice," Ortiz told Mike Petraglia of WEEI. "We'll see, we'll see how things go. We'll see. I took a pay cut already, five years ago. That's some homework for you." Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

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