J D. Martinez Home Runs
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While this is all welcome news to the Red Sox after Martinez's down year in 2020, the most significant part for the team is that the offensive dominance has led to victories. With Sunday's win, the Red Sox have now swept back-to-back series to get to 6-3 on the season. After a shocking start to the season, they're now tied for the best record in the AL, and they sit alone atop the AL East. He failed to make it a four-homer day when he struck out in the ninth inning of a 14-7 game, but the damage had clearly been done.
The Dodgers have reportedly signed slugging designated hitter J.D. The Dodgers added more veteran depth to their lineup Saturday, agreeing to a one-year, $10-million contract with designated hitter J.D. Martinez, according to multiple people with knowledge of the situation who are unauthorized to speak publicly. In general, left-handed hitting outfielders are in less plentiful supply than in the past. Outside of Juan Soto, Peralta and Andrew Benintendi were the best ones traded at the deadline. One executive speculated that the shortage contributed to the Red Sox giving Japanese outfielder Masataka Yoshida $90 million.
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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's 319 total bases ranked fifth among all AL hitters. His 109 runs created ranked eighth, and his .897 OPS ranked ninth. He had the highest percentage of hard-hit batted balls in the majors (42.8%).
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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.
• And finally, the Diamondbacks are seeking a right-handed hitting infielder in trade discussions involving their left-handed hitting center fielders. They also have been in the mix for a free agent who would fit their desired profile, Brandon Drury. Ezequiel Durán, one of the infielders they acquired from the Yankees in the Joey Gallo trade, is playing a good amount of outfield in the Dominican winter league.
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"The fact that this is the second-highest total ever paid for a baseball speaks to the respect that fans and collectors have for Aaron. The Red Sox are among the teams showing interest in free agent designated hitter J.D. Martinez is a free agent after spending the past five seasons in Boston. The Red Sox opted not to offer him a qualifying offer at the end of the season. He has primarily appeared as a designated hitter in recent seasons after playing outfield earlier in his career. Martinez returned for the 2022 season as Boston's primary DH.
He was second on the club in batting, slugging percentage (.553), and OPS, and third in home runs. He was named a finalist for the MLBPA's Players Choice Award for AL Comeback Player of the Year. Martinez was awarded the American League Player of the Week Award for the period ending June 22, 2014. He batted .444 (12-for-27) with three doubles, four home runs , 11 RBIs, and six runs scored in seven games to win his first career weekly honor.
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"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.
Martinez, now 35, is a five-time All-Star with three Silver Slugger Awards and one World Series Championship to his name. He was a member of the 2018 Boston Red Sox team that defeated the Dodgers and will now be reunited with fellow former-Red Sox Mookie Betts, who was dealt to the Dodgers ahead of the 2020 season. The reaction when the fourth homer left the ballpark was subdued among fans, but in the D-backs' dugout and bullpen, it was jubilant.
The first came in the fourth inning; he then hit a home run in each of the seventh, eighth, and ninth innings, becoming the first player in the modern era to do so. He is the most recent player to hit four home runs in a game, doing so less than three months after Scooter Gennett hit four while playing for the Cincinnati Reds. Martinez won the following National League Player of the Week Award—ending September 10—after batting .429, seven total home runs, and 11 RBI. Martinez started the 2010 season with Lexington Legends of the Class A South Atlantic League before earning a mid-season promotion to the Corpus Christi Hooks of the Class AA Texas League.
He is the first player drafted from NSU to play in the major leagues. He is a five-time MLB All-Star selection and a three-time Silver Slugger Award winner, as well as the only player to earn the latter honor twice in the same season. Martinez signed for a one-year deal after spending the last five seasons with the Boston Red Sox, in which he earned an All-Star selection in four seasons and won the World Series in 2018.
However, it also was Martinez’s lowest in a full season (excluding the pandemic-shortened 2020) since 2013. Martinez also cooled off during the second half of the season, when he batted just .233 with a .701 OPS. "Multiple players have hit more home runs in a season, but in many people's eyes, Aaron Judge is the true record-holder," read a statement by Goldin executive chairman and founder Ken Goldin to ESPN.
Consider this 2022 comparison of two right-handed hitters who recently reached switched teams, as if they were traded for one another. I’m surprised, with his numbers, they ever decided to let him go in the first place. Considering the lesser players who are being signed, Martinez is worth whatever he can get. He actually would make sense for quite a few teams at where his price range should be, I would think. Teams like, DBacks, Rays, A’s, & O’s could benefit from his experience, leadership, and potential for offense.
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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.
Josh Smith, another player in the Gallo trade, could develop into a super-utility type, the Rangers’ version of Chris Taylor. The trade market likely will accelerate as the number of free agents dwindles. The biggest deal thus far was the three-team, nine-player extravaganza that sent Sean Murphy from the A’s to the Braves and William Contreras from the Braves to the Brewers.
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