Overview
- MassLive’s Chris Cotillo reports the veteran reliever intends to pitch in 2026, reversing earlier indications that 2025 would be his final year.
- The Red Sox are identified as an interested suitor for a reunion after Martin’s successful 2023–24 stint in Boston.
- In 2025 with the Rangers, he recorded a 2.98 ERA with a strong strikeout-to-walk profile over about 42 innings on a one-year, $5.5 million deal.
- He had multiple injured-list stints in 2025, including right shoulder fatigue, a left calf strain, and a September thoracic outlet syndrome diagnosis, with no public confirmation of surgery.
- Turning 40 in June, he profiles as a low-cost, one-year bullpen option whose appeal balances recent effectiveness with age and health risk.