Another longtime Red Sox star is officially gone.
J.D. Martinez and the Los Angeles Dodgers agreed on a one-year, $10 million contract for 2023, according to multiple reports Saturday. The designated hitter, 35, reunites there with both Mookie Betts — with whom he won the 2018 World Series in Boston — and hitting coach Robert Van Scoyoc, whom Martinez credits with revitalizing his swing and his career following Martinez’s release by the Astros in the spring of 2014.
Martinez hit .300/.362/.574 the next four seasons for Detroit and Arizona, averaging 32 homers a year, prompting the Red Sox to give him a five-year, $110-million contract in February 2018.