Well the Yankees finally beat the Red Sox to someone...
"The Yankees have reached an agreement with catcher Russell Martin, reports MLB.com's Alden Gonzalez. With Jorge Posada moving into a designated hitter role next year, Martin should be the Yankees' starting catcher. Since Martin has less than five years of service time, he's under team control for 2012 as an arbitration eligible player (MLBTradeRumors)."
Solid signing from the Yankees. Martin is coming off a fractured hip, but he has shown in the past that he has the talent to be a very good player (19 HRs, 87 RBIs, 21 SBs in 2007). Still, he is a big injury risk, and you have to worry about a guy that used to use his speed coming off of hip surgery. In New York we could see his power numbers go up, so maybe it will work out, but overall this isn't going to calm down angry Yankee fans.
Oh, side note the Cardinals reached an agreement with catcher Gerald Laird. Good defensive guy, but doesn't bring much to the plate.
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