Taking a flashy BMW i8 for a test drive, David Hastings carefully considered the $150,000 list price like the CPA he is and Yoan Moncada reacted like the teenager he was.
Hastings hesitated. Moncada's excitement level accelerated faster than the sports car's engine.
This was two years ago, shortly after Moncada received a $31.5 million signing bonus from the Red Sox when the Cuban phenom went car shopping with the Hastings, his surrogate family from St. Petersburg, Fla. A ride wasn't just a ride to the guy who grew up in Cienfuegos, Cuba, and once made $4 per month playing professional baseball.