SPORTS BITES: David Ortiz bobbleheads Disaster + Prince Fielder Career OVER

SPORTS BITES: David Ortiz bobbleheads Disaster + Prince Fielder Career OVER

We have another round of SPORTS BITES with a little drama over at the Boston Red Sox and the David Ortiz bobbleheads Disaster + Prince Fielder Career is coming to an END!!!

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SPORTS BITES: David Ortiz bobbleheads Disaster + Prince Fielder Career OVER

First The Boston Red Sox were set to hand out David Ortiz bobbleheads but once the final product was revealed.

It looked NOTHING like David Ortiz, so the Sox team announced today that the bobbleheads were “not appropriate for distribution,” and the giveaway was canceled.

Take a look:

The Boston Red Sox released this statement:

SPORTS BITES: David Ortiz bobbleheads Disaster + Prince Fielder Career OVER

Over at the the Texas Rangers DH Prince Fielder career might be coming to and end, since the 32-year-old hasn’t played for the Rangers since July 18.

SPORTS BITES: David Ortiz bobbleheads Disaster + Prince Fielder Career OVER

A number of prominent MLB players have seen their careers come to a close in 2016. It appears you can add Rangers DH Prince Fielder to the list.

Ken Rosenthal took to Twitter to weigh in on Prince Fielder’s career coming to an end, writing:

SPORTS BITES: David Ortiz bobbleheads Disaster + Prince Fielder Career OVER

Here is what’s being reported by YB:

Fielder was hitting a paltry .212/.292/.334 with eight home runs. Last season, Fielder played in 158 games for Texas and slashed .305/.378/.463 with 23 homers. The neck was also an issue in 2014, when he played in just 42 games during his first season in Arlington.

Fielder is in the fifth season of a monstrous nine-year, $214 million deal that he signed with the Tigers before the 2012 season. He was traded to the Rangers following the 2013 season for Ian Kinsler in a move that has worked out splendidly for Detroit and less so for Texas.

If Fielder were to retire, he’d presumably leave the rest of his contract – approximately $79 million (which includes the roughly $7 million still owed to him this season) – on the table, but that’s not a guarantee. He could not “technically” retire, and still collect the rest of his contract from the team, much like Alex Rodriguez is doing with the Yankees.

There will be a lot of words written about Fielder and his career in the coming days if he does end up retiring, and if so, he’ll end his career with 319 home runs. Which is really crazy, because his father, former Tigers slugger Cecil, ended his career with … 319 home runs.