"Wrist injury."

"Over a larger sample of games -- from 2007 to 2008 -- his OPS dropped almost 200 points, as he coped with a wrist injury.

It's early, of course, and there are weeks and months left for Ortiz to find his Big Papi opposite-field power stroke that made him one of the most feared hitters in baseball. But here's the part that has to concern the Red Sox: He looks as bad as his numbers indicate. Opposing talent evaluators are stunned by the regression in his bat speed, by how different a hitter he seems to be compared to what he was in his prime."

I mean, look, as far as I'm concerned, all of these players are innocent until proven guilty. I don't even care too much if they're guilty of this particular infraction.

But this is simply common sense.

The guy's career highs in Minnesota were .282/20/75.

He signs with Boston at the age of 27, right in the midst of the so-called "steroids era," and now his career highs are .332/54/148.

Mitchell Report comes out and he's right back to putting up the Minnesota numbers.


What is the function of Buster Olney?

Why pose the question if you're not even going to answer it?