David Ortiz told the Boston Herald's Michael Silverman on Monday that he hopes to receive a two-year contract extension with an option for a third year.
From NBC's Hardball Talk:
Silverman kindly writes that Ortiz is a couple of years beyond the age when the Red Sox normally get extremely gun-shy about committing to players for the long term.
Ill put it in much simpler terms: Not happening.
Ortiz is having a fantastic season, hitting .304 with 19 homers in 87 games for a .965 OPS that ranks fourth among AL hitters, but hes also a 36-year-old designated hitter and as weve seen in recent years with Jim Thome, Jason Giambi, Hideki Matsui, Vladimir Guerrero, Frank Thomas, Johnny Damon, and others those guys have a hard enough time securing one-year contracts, let alone multi-year commitments.