J.D. Martinez was seemingly joking, but there was some truth to what he said.
In the moments after Christian Vázquez was traded across the field on Monday shortly before the Red Sox, suddenly the catcher’s old team, began a series with the Houston Astros, his new team, Martinez noted the irony of the situation.
“We were like, he just sat through all our hitters’ meetings and now he’s going over there to catch against us,” Martinez said.
