The Boston globe has an extremely lengthy and well written article on D’Angelo Ortiz (lil’ Papi).
he is draft eligible in 2022. Hopefully he comes to the Sox.
@DJnVa done.
he is draft eligible in 2022. Hopefully he comes to the Sox.
BRADENTON, Fla. — The repeated pings resonating from his metal bat are music to the ears of D’Angelo Ortiz as he launches one laser after another during batting practice.
The little kid who grew up in front of Red Sox Nation under the shadow of the Green Monster is now a strapping 6-foot-1-inch, 225-pound third baseman at IMG Academy.
“He’s got good thunder. He’s got power. He’s very good defensively,” says papi David Ortiz, when asked for a scouting report at a recent Red Sox Winter Weekend.
Besides the DNA, D’Angelo, a 15-year-old high school sophomore, has adopted the batting stance of his famous father and will don his No. 34 when the season starts. He wears a “Red Sox Nation” and a “Believe” wristband and is sporting a gold necklace that he borrowed from his father. But he doesn’t spit and clap his hands before each at-bat. He was a switch hitter until his father discovered he has more power from the right side.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redsox/2020/02/19/david-ortiz-son-already-showing-some-pop-his-bat/PHa7AwiVKdxCJD6Y4Nk1YL/story.htmlMuch more at the above link, including some nuggets/ stories about his time growing up around the Sox.Ask him what his goal is and he looks you straight in the eye.
“Better than my dad,” he says. “Once I get to the point where people stop calling me David Ortiz’s son, then that’s when I’m good enough.”
@DJnVa done.
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