David Ortiz doesn’t always approve of modern baseball players, but he approves of Rafael Devers and Xander Bogaerts.
Ortiz — who spoke to reporters Thursday — called on the Red Sox to re-sign a pair of stars who grew up in the pressure-filled Boston sports environment.
“Trust me, playing in Boston is not for every type of player,” Ortiz said. “I played there for so long, and it’s a distraction for a lot of players. They don’t know how to handle it. I played with a lot of superstars, they did great somewhere else and when they got to Boston they struggled because they couldn’t put up with what’s going on up there.