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Sox Therapy — Where Thinking Red Sox Fans Obsess about the Sox Tuesday, January 25, 2022David Ortiz - Postseason Hero, Clutch God, HALL OF FAMERSleep tight, you couldn’t count the cost through the night The words belong to Simple Minds but they are so true of David Americo Ortiz Arias. He started as a minor leaguer with the Mariners where he began what would be a career long tradition of whooping Alex Rodriguez, then in a Home Run Derby. He went to Minnesota where after parts of six seasons he was deemed superfluous and young GM Theo Epstein was encouraged by pitcher Pedro Martinez to give him a shot. Suffice to say it worked out pretty darn well. His journey took him from Santo Domingo to Arizona to Wisconsin to New Britain to Fort Myers to Salt Lake to Minnesota to Boston and now, to Cooperstown where he will reside alongside the other legends of the game. Come a long long way indeed. The thrills he gave us as Red Sox fans are well chronicled by people smarter than I so I will spare you further praise. The man who led the greatest comeback in baseball history now will take his rightful place in Cooperstown. Enjoy it Red Sox fans! Jose is Absurdly Correct but not Helpful
Posted: January 25, 2022 at 06:45 PM | 14 comment(s)
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1. villageidiom Posted: January 25, 2022 at 08:16 PM (#6062499)ZiPS Career Projection for David Ortiz (3/2008)
ZiPS: 556 HR, 1,903 RBIs, .296/.390/.557, 2,620 hits
Actual: 541 HR, 1,768, .286/.380/.552, 2,472 hits
That is indeed a delightful thread.
In the bigger picture, what numbers might he have put up if he hadn't spend those years with the Twins being told to (in his memorable recounting) "Swing like a little #####\"?
You'll notice that none of us piped up to disagree, though! :)
Of course, lots of what-ifs. For the wrist, sure, but a) wrist injuries don't always heal the way you'd like and b) he was at an age where a lot of guys like him tend to fall apart.
I think you win this one, VI!
Worth noting that he still didn't make the projection, right?
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