On January 22, 2003, the Boston Red Sox signed a free agent who had been released by the Minnesota Twins the previous December. At the time, the signing did not exactly move the needle. Speaking about the move then-General Manager Theo Epstein noted that due to injuries, the new acquisition had not reached his ceiling of becoming an everyday player.
Something that Epstein hoped he could become in Boston. “You’re looking at a player who can be an impact middle of the lineup bat. An everyday player,” said Epstein at the time. “That is his ceiling and we hope he reaches it with us.”
That player? David Ortiz, who
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