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 try to spend as much time as possible with God and my family. That's more important than anything I'm doing in baseball.
Baseball is simply my platform to elevate Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior.
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.
I learned to play (baseball) on the streets in the Dominican Republic when I was 8 yrs old.