RUSSELL MARTIN RUMORS
Matt Wieters Highlights Catchers in American League East, Russell Martin Not Far Behind
Editor's note: Didier Morais will review each position in the AL East every day through Feb. 20. This edition highlights the catchers. The Red Sox will be without Jason Varitek this year, barring any change of plans, for the first time since 1998. As the catcher ponders his future, Boston enters spring training with several options at backstop, from incumbent Jarrod Saltalamacchia...
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Hot Sunderland trounces Norwich City
Sunderland boss Martin O'Neill was thrilled to see Fraizer Campbell continue his comeback in style as he sent Norwich on the road to defeat.
The 24-year-old scored on his return from a 17-month injury absence in Sunday's 1-1 FA Cup fourth round draw with Middlesbrough, and repeated the feat in spectacular style as the Canaries were sent packing.
O'Neill spent much of...
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11 days ago
Yankees Avoid Arbitration With Russell Martin
The Yankees and Russell Martin agreed to a one-year contract worth $7.5M with $100K in performance bonuses, tweets David Waldstein. Martin filed for $8.2M, while the Yanks offered $7M. Martin, 28, signed a one-year deal worth $4M with the Yankees last offseason after being non-tendered by the Dodgers. He hit .237 with 18 homers and eight [...]
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19 days ago
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Martin, Yankees agree to $7.5M deal
All-Star catcher Russell Martin and the New York Yankees have agreed to a one-year, $7.5 million contract to avoid salary arbitration.
The deal, announced Tuesday, was $100,000 under the midpoint between the $8.2 million he had asked for in arbitration and the $7 million the Yankees had offered when proposed salaries were exchanged last week.
Martin also can earn performance bonuses...
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20 days ago
Martin and Yankees agree at $7.5 million
All-Star catcher Russell Martin and the New York Yankees avoided salary arbitration when they agreed to a $7.5 million, one-year contract.
The deal, announced Tuesday, was $100,000 under the midpoint between the $8.2 million he had asked for in arbitration and the $7 million the Yankees had offered when proposed salaries were exchanged last week.
Martin also can earn performances...
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20 days ago
Yankees agree to deal with Martin to avoid arbitration
The Yankees announced on Tuesday that they avoided arbitration with catcher Russell Martin as the two sides reached an agreement on a one-year deal.
The two sides exchanged figures headed to arbitration last week with Martin asking for $8.2 million and the Yankees countering with $7 million. There is no word on what exactly they settled on, but something around $7.6 million seems...
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Yankees Should Extend Russell Martin
The arbitration deadline looms for the New York Yankees and Russell Martin. And if this writer was a betting man, the odds seem high that the team and its catcher are already in negotiations for a long-term deal. Now that the Yankees have determined the fate of Jesus Montero, there is no reason not to try to tie up Martin for the next three years. This will allow the team to bring...
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26 days ago
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Rumor: Yankees open to a Russell Martin contract extension
The Yankees tendered a contract to Russell Martin yesterday keeping him in Pinstripes for at least one more year. However, they are thinking of offering the soon to be 29-year-old a long-term deal to keep him as the starting catcher past 2012, according to George King of the NY Post.
Cashman told King that there hasn’t been talks between the Yankees and Martin yet, but...
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December 13, 2011
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December 13, 2011
Yankees May Sign Martin to Multi-Year Deal
Via Dan Martin and George King of the NY Post:
The 28-year-old [Russell Martin] is arbitration-eligible and stands to get a hefty raise to about $7 million, but Cashman wouldn’t rule out signing him to a multi-year deal.
“I think [his success] provides the flexibility to do either,” Cashman said of Martin, who hit .237 with 18 homers and 65 RBIs — and whom the GM...
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November 02, 2011
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November 02, 2011
Russell Martin Gets Tossed for Making a Joke
Via Marc Carig of the Star-Ledger:
“I asked him if he had stretched before the game,” Russell Martin explained. “And he said ‘what?’ Turned around, walked around me. ‘Excuse me?’ Did you stretch before the game? And he’s like, looks at me kind of funny. I’m like ‘you’re kind of tight right now.’ And he tossed...
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September 27, 2011
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September 27, 2011
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