David Ortiz’s awkward reference about Yankees’ Cam Schlittler

David Ortiz’s MLB commentary: Former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz has all the time been comfy in highlight. Generally, the ex-World Sequence hero could be a little too comfy.

Throughout a Tuesday phase on Fox Sports activities’ MLB postseason protection, Ortiz was on a panel with fellow ex-players Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez (alongside commentator Kevin Burkhardt). As he quizzed different panelists on easy methods to pronounce the final identify of Yankees rookie pitcher Cam Schlittler, Ortiz was then requested how he would say it.

“Feels like Hitler,” Ortiz mentioned. Although an apparent joke, the jarring reference instantly induced awkward reactions.

“Let’s go to a break, guys,” mentioned Jeter as Rodriguez tried to snigger it off.

“I’m going [with] Cam,” Ortiz added of how he’d reference the Yankees starter. “I don’t need to get into bother.”

“You simply name him Cam, Papi,” Burkhardt concluded. “Perhaps it’ll be Mr. Cam relying on how he pitches tomorrow.”

It’s not the primary time that Schilittler, a Walpole, Massachusetts, native, has had his identify grow to be the topic of on-air awkwardness. Rodriguez beforehand butchered the pronunciation, and longtime MLB pundit Chris “Magazine Canine” Russo one way or the other managed to say it three different ways in a single clip throughout a latest radio phase.

Schilttler, chosen by New York within the seventh spherical of the 2022 MLB Draft out of Northeastern College, went 4-3 with a 2.96 ERA after being known as up earlier in 2025. Throughout the earlier Yankees playoff sequence, he pitched an absolute gem (eight scoreless innings with 12 strikeouts) in New York’s 4-0 win to get rid of the Crimson Sox.

He’s set to start out in Sport 4 on Wednesday night towards Blue Jays right-hander Louis Varland at 7:08 p.m. The Yankees path the best-of-three sequence 2-1, and face elimination.

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Trace: He was the 1994 Nationwide League MVP.

Scores and schedules:

Tonight, the Bruins start the 2025-26 season in Washington, D.C., towards the Capitals at 7:30 p.m.

Tomorrow, the Bruins return residence for the TD Backyard residence opener towards the Blackhawks at 7 p.m.

On Sunday, the Patriots will journey to New Orleans to play the Saints at 1 p.m.

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