Yankees Reach Agreement With Russell Martin<http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/12/yankees-reach-agreement-with-russell-martin.html> By *Tim Dierkes* [December 14, 2010 at 9:32am CST]
The Yankees have reached an agreement with catcher *Russell Martin<http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/martiru01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker> *, reports MLB.com's Alden Gonzalez<http://mlb.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/12/yankees_come_to_terms_with_rus.html>. With *Jorge Posada<http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/posadjo01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker> * moving into a designated hitter role next year, Martin should be the Yankees' starting catcher. Since Martin has less than five years of service time, he's under team control for 2012 as an arbitration eligible player. Martin, 28 in February, hit .248/.347/.332 in 387 plate appearances for the Dodgers before being non-tendered this month. His season ended in August due to a hairline fracture in his right hip<http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/11/non-tender-candidate-russell-martin.html>, so his Yankees physical is not a formality<http://twitter.com/Joelsherman1/statuses/14709946599870464>. Martin was once a rising star for the Dodgers, but he turned down a $4.2MM offer <http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=sh-martinoffer120710> (an $850K pay cut) to return in 2011. The Red Sox and Blue Jays also bid for his services, though Boston's interest was limited<http://fullcount.weei.com/sports/boston/baseball/red-sox/2010/12/14/yankees-sign-russell-martin-sox-had-limited-interest/>. Martin is represented by Matt Colleran. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.
