There aren’t many people in baseball as outspoken as David Ortiz. The Boston Red Sox icon held court Thursday and his take on the all-consuming Houston Astros cheating scandal is different than lots of folks these days.
Big Papi is defending commissioner Rob Manfred as the criticism of his decision-making during the Astros scandal has gotten louder and echoed by some of the game’s biggest stars. At the same time, Ortiz also called out Mike Fiers, the former Astros pitcher who blew the whistle to The Athletic on the entire cheating scheme in 2017.