FORT MYERS — J.D. Martinez arrived at JetBlue Park early yesterday morning to take his physical, which he has yet to clear.
Martinez, who agreed to a five-year, $110-million contract with the Red Sox that allows him to opt out after two seasons and again after the third, spent parts of the last two seasons on the disabled list with a sprained ligament in his foot and a fractured elbow. There were no indications the slugger wouldn’t pass the physical, but the Sox announced in the afternoon that the deal wouldn’t be finalized until today, at the earliest.