Dodgers to part ways with six-time All-Star amid Ohtani addition

Shohei Ohtani’s choice is superb information for the Los Angeles Dodgers however very dangerous information for one of many key gamers from final yr’s crew.

Jon Heyman of the New York Submit reported Saturday that the J.D. Martinez will now must discover a new crew within the wake of Ohtani deciding to signal with the Dodgers. 

Heyman provides that Ohtani’s now-former crew, the Los Angeles Angels, are a risk for Martinez as are the Seattle Mariners, New York Mets and Arizona Diamondbacks.

Martinez, 36, is a full-time designated hitter, so this was at all times going to be the result if Ohtani selected the Dodgers. However Martinez can nonetheless play his function nicely, hitting .271 with 33 residence runs and 103 RBI final season en path to the sixth All-Star collection of his profession (although he did solely play 113 video games attributable to damage).

Additionally a former World Collection champion and three-time Silver Slugger winner, Martinez shouldn’t have bother discovering a brand new residence this offseason. 

Shedding your job to Shohei Ohtani is an honorable strategy to exit as nicely, particularly contemplating the ludicrous amount of money the Dodgers are paying their new DH.