Waiting For David Ortiz To Rebound May Be Wishful Thinking

Posted: 30th March 2010 by Sean Kennedy in MLB
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David Ortiz'z struggles in 2009 are well-documented. Through 40 games and 149 at-bats last year, Ortiz was batting under .200 and had no home runs. By June 1, he was batting .185 and had one home run. It was the longest power drought in history to start a season by a player who had hit 50 home runs in a season, as Ortiz did in 2006.

At the All-Star break, Ortiz was batting .222 with 12 homers and 47 RBI. And he continued to come on strong; over the last 69 games of the season, Ortiz hit .258 with 16 home runs and 52 RBI. And over the season's final 104 games, the Red Sox DH had 27 homers and 81 RBI. But Ortiz went backward in the postseason, posting an anemic .083 batting average that was the result of one hit in 12 at-bats. There were no heroic h ...

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