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March 29, 2014 LF J.D. Martinez assigned to Toledo Mud Hens. • The Rangers, like the Orioles, boast a surplus of infield prospects, giving them the ability to trade for veteran help at the deadline, if not sooner. “ Andrew Friedman and Mookie were like college coaches seeking the big recruit,” Boras said.
His OPS, batting average and home run and RBIs totals have declined in every full season since. He also had one of the higher strikeout and whiff rates in the majors last season, ranking among the top third in both among qualified big league hitters. Martinez became just the 18th player in MLB history to hit four homers in a game. Scooter Gennett did it for the Reds earlier this year, making 2017 the first time since '02 when the feat had been accomplished twice in the same season.
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Martinez returned in 2021 as Boston's primary designated hitter, starting the season batting 13-for-30 (.433) in Boston's first seven games. On April 10, he was briefly on the COVID-related list, missing one game. On April 11, Martinez recorded his third career game with three home runs, driving in four runs in a 14–9 win over the Baltimore Orioles. He became the fifth player in history to hit three home runs in one game for three different teams after Johnny Mize, Dave Kingman, Alex Rodriguez, and Mark Teixeira. He also became the second player in the modern era to record 12 extra-base hits in the first eight games of the regular season, the first being Dante Bichette in 1994.
"I'm watching his swing and I'm thinking if this is a strike I think this is a homer," Pollock said. "It's obviously the most impressive thing I've ever been a part of. It was awesome." "It's kind of one of those things where you're kind of laughing about it," Martinez said. "Was I shocked? No. Going up there and hitting it, it didn't really shock me. I was just happy it went over." "This at-bat, I came up and I was like, just go up here and try to have a good at-bat," Martinez said.
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Martinez was subsequently named AL Player of the Week for the week of April 5–11. On July 4, he was named to the American League roster for the MLB All-Star Game. Martinez was placed on the COVID-related injured list on August 7, and returned to the lineup the next day. Overall with Boston during the regular season, Martinez played in 148 games while batting .286 with 28 home runs and 99 RBIs.
He batted .458 with six runs scored, four home runs, one double, and 10 RBIs in six games to win his second career weekly honor. He paced the Majors in slugging percentage (1.000) and total bases , and finished tied for first in home runs. Among AL leaders, he finished tied for first in on-base percentage (.500), second in RBI, third in batting average, tied for third in hits and tied for fourth in runs scored. On July 6, 2015, Martinez was named as a reserve for the American League at the 2015 All-Star Game. On September 17, Martinez recorded his 40th home run of the season, doing so against the San Francisco Giants, and reaching the milestone for the first time in his career. He became just the fifth player to reach 40 home runs while playing for two different teams in one season.
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In the sixth, another solo homer to give the Red Sox a 9-1 advantage. And in the eighth, Martinez went deep again, this time to the pull side of center field. Get breaking news and analysis delivered to your inbox during baseball season. A trio of Boston home runs propelled starter Brayan Bello to the second win of his Major League career. That leaves the team $23 million shy of the league’s first tax threshold.
Well, we finally can report a measure of progress on that front. Three heads of baseball operations in recent days attributed the slow trade market to the number of clubs shunning veteran-for-prospect deals as they try to build rosters capable of contention. The day the Rays announced their signing of right-hander Zach Eflin, president of baseball operations Erik Neander all but signaled he was interested in free-agent outfielder Michael Brantley. While Martinez’ career numbers speak for themselves, they have slowed down a touch as he’s aged, and his restriction to the DH spot makes his market hard to predict.
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MLB reporter Sarah Langs shared a stat with us on Twitter, saying Martinez will be the second player in MLB history to join a team who had hit four home runs against. A newsletter about everything baseball from the Globe's Red Sox reporters, delivered weekdays during the season and weekly offseason. Martinez, who notched his 22nd win of the season in the process, recorded 12 strikeouts to officially bring his season total to 301. In doing so, Martinez not only eclipsed the previous Red Sox season record , but he also became only the second pitcher to notch 300-strikeout seasons in both leagues. After smashing a high drive off the centerfield wall, Martinez took off running as fast as he could.
"Just keep doing what you've been doing all day. You know what, if it's meant to be, it's meant to be. It's going to happen. There's no point in trying to force it. Just go up there and have a good at-bat." Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Martinez assigned to Greeneville Astros from Houston Astros. Martinez assigned to Tri-City ValleyCats from Greeneville Astros. Martinez assigned to Lexington Legends from Tri-City ValleyCats. July 16, 2010 LF J.D. Martinez assigned to Corpus Christi Hooks from Lexington Legends.
During the start-delayed 2020 season, Martinez was again Boston's primary designated hitter. He struggled at the plate, falling below the Mendoza Line (.200) on September 18. Overall with the 2020 Red Sox, he batted .213 with seven home runs and 27 RBIs in 54 games.
Kiké Hernández made a terrific diving catch to his left on Hanser Alberto’s 375-foot, 95.9-mph fly out to right-center field to end the top of the fifth and keep a run from scoring.
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