Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz said he was about a month away from swinging a bat after spending the last month resting the ailing left wrist that slowed him for much of last season.
Speaking at a news conference to announce a new charity golf tournament in his Dominican Republic homeland, Ortiz said his wrist was “feeling fine” and the inflammation has gone away.
“It’s doing good,” he said on Tuesday.
Ortiz, who hit 54 homers in 2006, batted .264 with just 23 home runs and 89 RBIs in 109 games — all lows for him since he joined the Red Sox in 2003. He made two trips to the disabled list with a partially torn tendon sheath in his left wrist.
“Since I got back, I was missing a lot of pitches,” he said. “I was like, ‘I can’t believe it.’”
Doctors told him to rest over the offseason, and have predicted a full recovery.
Ortiz will have a chance to test his swing — his golf swing — next month when he hosts a golf tournament to benefit the David Ortiz Children’s Fund.
Already committed are former Boston Bruins ice hockey great Bobby Orr, ex-Celtic John Havlicek and former Red Sox Jim Rice.
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