Boston – Kristian Campbell He just finished his press conference on Saturday afternoon when he was about to join a group photo with his parents and Boston Red Sox ownership.
He stood between her mother and dad when his mother, Tonya, stretched forward and adjusted the 22 -year -old sports jacket of newcomers before the group looked at the photographer.
His greater moment of change of life came at the beginning of this week.
On Wednesday, he agreed with an eight -year contract of $ 60 million, less than a week after his debut of the main league.
“For me and my family it was an opportunity to change life,” Campbell said. “It was something I couldn’t go through.”
It was the Boston’s second news conference Fenway about signature for so many days after the club held it Garrett Crochetwho agreed with a six -year contract of $ 170 million. They got it in offseason shop from Chicago White Sox.
“We will do it every day until people want to go on,” said Samnedy, CEO and President.
“The word describing your son around the camp, where I sit anyway, is humility,” Kennedy said, looking at Campbell’s mother and father Kenneth, sitting in the front row on the right side. “This is probably the greatest success of life, so congratulations.”
Campbell, Infielder and Outfielder, made his debut in the Grand League of March 27. Was scheduled to start on Saturday in the center, but a game against Cardinal He was postponed because of the rain.
“Here we are today, we share what I would call a massively significant moment for this organization, because Kristian was not developed in the first round, was not the best view of the organization,” said main baseball officer Craig Breslow. “What it was is a good player who has become a great player thanks to his work ethics.”
Campbell hits 0.423 with two homery and five RBI in eight games.
So why did the club choose to sign it so quickly?
“From the baseball sense, teams are improving and improving predictions of what players are able to achieve,” Breslow said.
For players who were developed in the fourth round two years ago from Georgia Tech, it was a rapid rise of large companies.
“They made this process easier,” Campbell said. “They developed me from 1st day. As soon as I was developed, they made me who I am today.”
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.
