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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.
All are also in the potential playoff or WC hunt in the next season or two. Martinez hit 16 home runs while batting .274 for the Red Sox last season. Through eight games and 38 plate appearances, Martinez has started to leave his mark on some historical lists. In the third inning, he homered down the right field line to give Boston a 4-0 lead.
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Martinez was named the Detroit Tigers' Player of the Month for June, posting a .345 average with nine doubles, seven home runs and 21 RBI, including a career-high 14 game hit streak. He tied for third place in the American League in home runs. Since joining the Tigers in 2014 until the end of the 2017 season, Martínez hit the 10th-most home runs in baseball while taking the second-fewest plate appearances of the top 20 home runs hitters. His slugging percentage trailed only Mike Trout, and he ranked in the top five in wOBA and wRC+, while batting .300 and .362 OBP. His .690 slugging percentage in 2017 led all MLB hitters by 59 points before adding hitless plate appearances to qualify.
Martinez set the franchise record for home runs through the month of June, hitting his 25th on June 28 versus Andrew Heaney of the Los Angeles Angels. The previous record of 24 had been achieved by Ted Williams , Mo Vaughn , Jose Canseco and Manny Ramirez . Martinez was awarded the AL Player of the Week award for the period ending May 21.
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Cincinnati outfielder Nick Senzel injured himself running into the wall, so the ball rolled away from him. Only three of the club’s current hitters had a better OPS than Martinez did last season. Co-hitting coach Robert Van Scoyoc was instrumental early in Martinez’s career. When he was a private instructor, Van Scoyoc helped remodel Martinez’s swing, turning the then-floundering slugger into one of the sport’s most prolific power hitters. On paper, the team has the best pitching corps in the league.
On April 13, 2012, Martinez hit the first ever home run in the new Marlins Park. With a runner on in the eighth, he hit an Edward Mujica offering into the Clevelander bar beyond the left-field wall for a game-tying home run. The Houston Astros selected Martinez in the 20th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft with the 611th overall selection. He was signed by Greg Brown, who later became the head coach at NSU. That is the most XBH by any player in his first 8 games of the season in American League history.
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After the season, Martinez became a free agent for the first time of his career. Instead, Martinez attended Nova Southeastern University , where he played college baseball for the Sharks from 2007 through 2009. He set the school's career record for home runs with 32, ranked second in batting average (.394), third in runs batted in , and fourth in slugging percentage (.691). In 2009, he batted .428 with 15 home runs and set a program record with 73 runs scored. He was a two-time All-Sunshine State Conference baseball player. While visiting the Seattle Mariners on March 31, 2019, Martinez homered for his 1,000th career hit, walked twice and collected four RBIs.
The Orioles like the idea of pairing their right-handed hitting infielders, Mateo and Ramón Urías, with their left-handed hitting options, Gunnar Henderson and Adam Frazier. The additional depth at second, short and third will enable them not only to mix and match, but also to get each player sufficient rest. Then again, the O’s also will have three middle-infield prospects at Triple A, Jordan Westburg, Joey Ortiz and Connor Norby. The team is bound to move some of its infielders eventually. The Twins, Braves, Red Sox and Dodgers all lost shortstops on the open market. A native of Miami, Florida, Martinez attended Nova Southeastern University before the Astros selected him in the 20th round with the 611th pick in the 2009 amateur draft.
Career Regular Season
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.
Martinez' 15 outfield assists tied for third in the AL, his .993 fielding percentage led all AL right fielders, and his 7.7 ultimate zone rating ranked second among AL right fielders. The New York Post’s Jon Heyman was the first to report the news on the former Boston Red Sox designated hitter. The deal will be official after the completion of a physical, according to Robert Murray of FanSided. Jorge Castillo of the LA Times reported it was a one-year deal. Martinez becomes the third free agent to finish the 2022 season with the Red Sox, then sign elsewhere, following Bogaerts going to San Diego and reliever Matt Strahm signing with Philadelphia.
Catcher Christian Vázquez, traded at the deadline, signed a three-year contract with Minnesota earlier in the week. Martinez becomes the third free agent to finish the 2022 season with the Red Sox, then sign elsewhere, following Xander Bogaerts going to San Diego and reliever Matt Strahm signing with Philadelphia. Catcher Christian Vázquez, traded in midseason, signed a three-year contract with Minnesota earlier in the week. His ability to hit the ball hard is what makes him so coveted by a lot of teams. Should the Mets make a play for him, they can expect their total runs to increase. We will have to see how the story plays out in the coming weeks and months.
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.
The Trevor Bauer situation made it unlikely the Dodgers would take big steps in the free agent market. However, Heyman noted the reported deal does not rule out Justin Turner re-signing with the team. The reported Martinez deal made sense for Los Angeles, which hopes to improve from its National League Division Series exit at the hands of division rival San Diego Padres. The Dodgers also reportedly added Noah Syndergaard to the rotation. For Martinez specifically, Sunday's three-homer performance was merely a continuation of an utterly absurd start to the season at the plate. Receive updates on your favorite Boston teams, straight from our newsroom to your inbox.
Martinez batted .389 with seven runs scored, four home runs, and nine RBIs while reaching base 17 times in six games to win his third career weekly honor. Next, Martinez was awarded the AL Player of the Week award for the period ending July 16. Martinez batted .454 , with two runs scored, two home runs, and seven RBIs in three games to win his fourth career weekly honor. During the 2017 season with the Tigers, Martinez batted .305 with 16 home runs, 39 RBIs, and a 1.018 OPS. He hit .300 with 99 home runs, 285 RBIs, and a .912 OPS over four seasons with the Tigers. Martinez authored a breakout regular season in 2014, finishing with 30 doubles, 23 home runs, 76 RBI, .315 batting average, and a .912 OPS, all career-highs to that point in his major league career.
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J.D. Martinez hit .274 with 16 home runs for the Red Sox last season. Unfortunately for Martinez, who has never hit an inside-the-park home run in his career, Febles gave him the stop sign. During this time, he has been a four-time All-Star and has been rewarded with the Silver Slugger Award twice.
He was awarded the NL Player of the Week award for the period ending September 17, during which he batted .435 with three home runs, six RBIs, and eight runs scored over six games. He became the first NL player to win consecutive Player of the Week Awards since Bryce Harper in May 2015. It was Martinez' fourth weekly honor of 2017, making him the first player with four in the same season since the award was created in 1974. He hit his 16th home run of the month of September on September 28, tying Ralph Kiner in 1949 for the National League record for the month. Martinez was named NL Player of the Month for September, playing 24 games and hitting 16 home runs, .404 (40-for-99), eight doubles, 24 runs scored, and 36 RBIs.
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