Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz doesn't like the way the rival Yankees have treated long-time contributor Jorge Posada. Posada asked out of the lineup on Saturday after he was slotted to hit ninth. He complained of a sore back and the need for a mental health day. "As a DH when you just think about hitting and you're not hitting, it just (stinks)... the confusion, the frustration that you're living will sometimes make you make a mistake," Ortiz said. "You're not perfect. You're human like everyone else. He probably thought it was the right thing to do, but now you see it isn't. It's not easy." Ortiz added that he thought almost every aspect of Posada's struggles could have been avoided if the Yankees had taken better care of the veteran catcher. "They are doing that guy wrong. They're doing him wrong," Ortiz said. "You know why? He's legendary right there... and from what I heard they told him at the beginning he's not even going to catch in the bullpen. That's straight up. That mixes up your head. "You're going to tell me Posada can't catch a game out there? Come on, man. And I guarantee you if they throw him out there once in a while, mentally it's going to help him out because then he's not just thinking about hitting."