Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Víctor Jesús Martínez (born December 23, 1978), also known by his nickname "V-Mart", is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Tigers star Victor Martinez could miss the entire 2012 season after injuring his left knee during offseason conditioning.
The Tigers said Tuesday the 33-year-old Martinez tore his left ACL last week. An MRI on Monday in Lakeland, Fla., revealed the injury. The slugging designated hitter will be evaluated again next week, but the team fully expects Martinez to need surgery.Detroit won the AL Central by 15 games last year and reached the AL championship series behind Justin Verlander, Miguel Cabrera and Martinez. The Tigers suddenly face a much murkier outlook for 2012."After you feel sorry for yourself for a day or so, you move on," general manager Dave Dombrowski said. "We have a good club. We've got a lot of players who will step up."Team trainer Kevin Rand said it will be hard to estimate when Martinez may return until after surgery."We get a timeline coming out of that," he said.Martinez hit .330 with 103 RBIs in 2011, helping Detroit win the division in his first season with the Tig...Victor Martinez barely had time to settle in at his new home ballpark before walking to the plate with the bases loaded — exactly the kind of situation the Detroit T...
Thanks to a grand slam by Victor Martinez , best 22nd win of the season as the 6 victory over the Indians.Verlander (22-5) gave up a pair of two-run homers to Shelle...
DETROIT (Reuters) - Free-agent catcher Victor Martinez has agreed to a four-year contract with the Detroit Tigers , the team said on Friday.Financial terms were not ...
The Detroit Tigers announced Wednesday that designated hitter Victor Martinez does not need a second surgery to reconstruct the anterior cruciate ligament in his lef...
The Detroit Tigers announced Monday that Victor Martinez underwent left knee surgery last Friday.Martinez suffered a torn ACL during his offseason conditioning and l...
The Detroit Tigers announced Tuesday that catcher/designated hitter Victor Martinez recently sustained a torn ACL in his left knee.The team said Martinez, who will b...
Victor Martinez and the Detroit Tigers are taking nothing for granted. That attitude has them rolling over their closest challengers.Martinez drove in three runs and...
Victor Martinez drove in four runs and 1, in the opener of a three-game series.Rick Porcello (12-8) held Minnesota to one run on seven hits and three walks over 6 1/...
Victor Martinez hit a three-run homer to back 2, in the opener of three-game series.Fister (7-13) registered a career-high 13 strikeouts and surrendered just two run...
Victor Martinez plated Danny Worth with the 3 win over game series at Comerica Park ."He doesn't get too excited. He's pretty calm," said Tigers manager Jim Leyland ...
Want to read about Big Papi? Sorry. You've come to the wrong place.That story is so April.Now, David Ortiz looks like a lot of designated hitters in baseball: aging,...
The Detroit Tigers cruised to their first division title in 24 years last season, winning the American League Central by a whopping 15 games.With reigning Cy Young A...
Lefty Will Smith makes his second career big-league start tonight when the Kansas City Royals return to Progressive Field for the second test of a three-game series ...
To Victor Martinez , the Texas ploy made perfect sense.The Rangers chose to have closer Neftali Feliz intentionally walk Miguel Cabrera with two outs in the ninth in...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Red Sox catcher Victor Martinez has a broken left thumb, the latest injury for banged-up Boston.Martinez left Sunday's 5-1 win at San Francisco ...
Victor Martinez drove in the only run with a sacrifice fly to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 1-0 exhibition victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday.It was the sec...
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Victor Martinez and Bill Hall hit their first home runs of spring training to lead the Boston Red Sox past the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-4 on Wedne...
Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan once said, "One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and...
BOSTON (Reuters) - Catcher Victor Martinez blasted the Boston Red Sox out of an early hole to help his side batter Los Angeles 11-6 on Thursday, and consign the Ange...
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2012 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. All market data delayed 20 minutes.
