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David Ortiz says he probably won’t participate in Home Run Derby

No Home Run Derby for David Ortiz? The Associated Press

David Ortiz knows his limits. He may have 16 homers this season, but the 40-year-old doesn’t think it’s wise to participate in the 2016 Home Run Derby.

“Nobody has asked me yet, but I don’t think that I would,” Ortiz told The Boston Globe recently. “The travel will be a lot and I’ll have commitments when I’m out there. It’s probably not a good idea.”

Ortiz won the 2010 Home Run Derby, where he hit an absurd 32 total homers. He leads designated hitters in All-Star voting with 1,460,339 votes, and has more than double the votes runner-up Kendrys Morales has.

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