“I think it definitely hurt me a bit,” Martinez said Tuesday from Boston’s spring training facility in Fort Myers, Florida. He hit a career-low .213 with just seven home runs and 27 RBIs in 54 games during the pandemic-shortened season. The 33-year-old Martinez said he thinks the uncertainty of whether there would even be season in 2020 factored into what he said was a lack of preparation. It included a weeklong stretch of eight-hour cage sessions to work through some of the hiccups in his swing. Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading...“I’ve always played with that chip of having to prove people wrong my whole career.

Source: thestar February 23, 2021 21:51 UTC