There is no debate that David Ortiz is the best non-tendered free agent signing baseball has ever seen.
Big Papi's 14 seasons in Boston, after being cast aside by the Twins, including 482 home runs and three World Series rings. The Red Sox found a gem and scooped up a potential Hall of Famer on what started as a one-year, $1.25 million contract.
The logical fallacy that follows from Ortiz having become a legend with the Red Sox is that the Twins made a grievous mistake by cutting ties with him.
“The worst mistake Terry Ryan ever made was to non-tender David Ortiz,” former Twins outfielder Torii Hunter told MLB.