David Ortiz is one of the best designated hitters Major League Baseball has ever seen, but that doesn’t mean he has every pitcher in the league figured out.
The Boston Red Sox slugger, who announced Tuesday he’d retire after the 2016 season, looked at the five toughest pitchers he’s faced for The Players’ Tribune back in September, and some of them might surprise you.
It makes sense that two former New York Yankee greats make his list, as Ortiz faces the Red Sox’s rivals more than almost 90 percent of MLB, but there are two young pitchers that the 39-year-old is pretty impressed by, too.
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