It came out on Monday afternoon that J.D. Martinez was not opting out of his current contract with the Boston Red Sox. More people actually believed that he was going to do so because a year after winning the World Series, the Red Sox missed the playoffs with the highest payroll in Major League Baseball. There are people that believed the Chicago White Sox would be in on him if he did opt-out. He is still a really good player with a lot to give to a winning team so he has to hope that Boston is able to rebound in 2020.