I play to represent God, something bigger than baseball.
My wife and I love children. We have five of our own. I would ask that anyone who looks up to me would instead look up to God. I am nothing without Him. Everything I do in life and in baseball is to glorify Him.
I learned to play (baseball) on the streets in the Dominican Republic when I was 8 yrs old.
People ask me if I believe how quickly my career has taken off. I just tell them that Jesus Christ is my strength. God has blessed me and I will continue to do my best for him. That is more important than anything I could ever do in baseball.
Baseball is simply my platform to elevate Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior.
I try to spend as much time as possible with God and my family. That's more important than anything I'm doing in baseball.