Welcome back to Free Averency, in which our own Avery Hamel takes a look at all of the Sox in-house free agents ahead of the crucial 2022-23 offseason. Last week, she looked at Michael Wacha. Today, she examines Sox slugger J.D. Martinez.
After turning 2021 into a bounce-back season, J.D. Martinez exercised the final opt-in of his five-year, $110 million contract with Boston. In the end, 2022 did not live up to his own expectations, but Martinez was still an important contributor to the Red Sox.