David Ortiz Wants Multi-Year Deal From Red Sox

by Knox Bardeen

Filed under: Red Sox

Designated hitter David Ortiz wants more than just a one-year deal when he sits down with the Boston Red Sox over the next week to talk about a new contract. The soon-to-turn 35-year-old slugger told WEEI.com that he wouldn't feel comfortable returning to the team if he didn't have a multi-year deal in place.

The Red Sox have until three days after the World Series to decide whether or not they want to exercise their $12.5 million option on Ortiz. If the team decides to pick up that option and not extend the terms any further into the future, Ortiz will return to the same situation he was in a year ago - and Ortiz is a little angry about it.

"To tell you the truth, like everybody knows, I want to be back, and I want to be here for a longer period of time. I'm just a little worn out because of the negativity that I've dealt with the last few years," Ortiz said. "I don't think there's any baseball player that can deal with all the distractions that I deal with and play baseball. It's hard. I'm not a super hero. I'm just another human being, like everyone else. I've got feelings. I want to give this team another World Series, and dealing with all the other crap with people telling you can't do it no more, or this and that, I have no room for that."

 

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