Boston Red Sox: J.D. Martinez opt-out conundrum is looming

BOSTON, MA - JULY 24: J.D. Martinez #28 of the Boston Red Sox hits a double during the Opening Day game against the Baltimore Orioles on July 24, 2020 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. The 2020 season had been postponed since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images)

The Boston Red Sox are facing a possible J.D. Martinez opt-out.

The Boston Red Sox have cut payroll and somewhere is a magic number they wish to achieve before creating a balance or returning to previously ingrained free-spending habits. That number is possibly as protected as the formula for Coca Cola. So is the possibility of returning to their previously unbridled spending…