What's up with Big Papi??
April 11, 2008
Call him Big Papi, the Large Father, whatever, but David Ortiz has gotten off to probably the single worst start of his career. A lot of people are blaming it on his surgically repaired knee... now this may be true, but I don't think so.
Currently Ortiz is batting .083 (3 for 36) with only one homerun and 3 RBI's. But hopefully a healthy diet of Yankees pitching will boost his numbers. Here are his stats against the three starters this weekend.
In his career against Chien-Ming Wang, Ortiz has a .500 BA (15 for 30) with 2 HR's and 10 RBI's with only 4 strikeouts and 6 walks.
Against Mike Mussina, Papi has a career .259 BA (14 for 54) with 3 HR's and 7 RBI's, but has struck out 19 times against the Moose.
Ortiz has not faced Phil Hughes...
Big Papi has been a Yankee killer for the past 4 seasons. Let's just hope the trend continues.
Dave Noel
-davenoel01610
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