The Yankees and C Russell Martin avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year contract.
Terms aren’t yet available. Martin requested $8.2 million and was offered $7 million from the Yankees when arbitration figures were exchanged last Tuesday. The 28-year-old backstop batted .237/.324/.408 with 18 homers, 65 RBI and a .732 OPS last season while throwing out 30 percent of would-be basestealers. He should continue to be relevant in most fantasy leagues this season.
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Russell Martin requested $8.2 million and was offered $7 million from the Yankees when arbitration figures were exchanged Tuesday.
Martin, who joined the Yanks last winter on a one-year, $4 million deal, batted .237/.324/.408 with 18 homers, 65 RBI and a .732 OPS in 2011 while throwing out 30 percent of would-be basestealers. He can become a free agent next offseason. We suspect they’ll eventually settle somewhere around the midpoint of $7.6 million.
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