Red Sox let Victor Martinez sign with the Tigers for a 4-year $50mm contract. No brainer in my opinion. Martinez was a short term solution to the Sox lack of power. There's no way Martinez was going to fit into the Sox scheme for the next four years. He's 33 now, and not likely catching for the next four years. I do like this little nugget out of ESPN:
"Martinez is a Type A free agent, meaning the Red Sox will receive the Tigers’ No. 1 pick (No. 19 overall) and a first-round “sandwich” pick (a pick that will come after the regular first round and before the second round). Next June’s draft class is anticipated to be very strong, and the ’11 draft may be the last in which the Sox will be able to employ their very successful strategy of paying above slot in later rounds for premium talent that dropped because of contract demands."
As an added benefit, maybe it means Varitek is coming back.
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