Ortiz Breaks Homerless Streak…Good or Bad Sign?

Written by Frankie Torres from http:// on May 21st, 2009 | 2 Comments

(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

     So David Ortiz homered for the first time all season. That tells me that he’s been exposed without Manny. Not having Manny behind him has hurt Papi more than we could imagine. It makes teams pitch to him and well quite frankly..he isn’t that great. I’ve always felt he was one of the more overrated players in the L and that’s because he had Manny right there for protection. In 6 years with the Twins his highest home run total was 20. It jumped to 31 after hitting in front of Manny. Last year he only finished with 23 homers while batting .264. That tells the whole story right there. He’s been exposed ever since Manny was dealt and he isn’t the player many thought he was. To me he’s basically a glorified DH.