The Boston Red Sox felt like they needed to do just one
thing this offseason to not only compete, but to win the American League East
in 2018, and that was add some power to an already deep team and lineup. The
team did just that this week when they added free agent JD Martinez to the club
on a five-year deal worth $110 million. This post will not be about the extremely
front-loaded contract or about the multiple opt-out clauses that the team
needed to entice Martinez with just to get him to sign there, but instead we
will focus on what Martinez has done against the pitching of the New York
Yankees that he will have to see 20-or-so different times here in 2018. The
sample sizes are small, the ballparks will be different, but the information
will remain the same if history is any indicator of the future so here is a
good look at what to expect here for the upcoming regular season.
Big thanks to ESPN.com and Baseball Reference for the stats
and for the images above.
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)