This magical turnaround has brought good things to the Detroit Tigers and it earned Upton AL player-of-the-week honors for the last week of September.
Rumor had it that the turnaround was based on Upton spending time with Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz.
And that rumor was confirmed in the October 3 issue of Sports Illustrated.
An Interesting Read
In the issue, Tom Verducci interviewed Big Papi in a piece titled “The Exit Interview.” In this piece, Ortiz shared his love of helping younger players improve their game.