He told me I have a shot at making the Dodger team, and that if I miss part of spring training it will jeopardize my chances.
"Russell Nathan Jeanson Coltrane Martin, Jr." is a Canadian professional baseball catcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates. He is a three-time Major League Baseball All-Star Game/MLB All-Star, and in 2007, he won the Gold Glove Award and Silver Slugger Award.
Martin became the everyday catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers immediately upon his MLB debut in 2006, and continued in that role for nearly five years. His offensive and defensive performance earned wide accolades during his first three years, but they diminished significantly in 2009 and 2010; Martin spent the last two months of 2010 on the disabled list. After the Dodgers declined to offer him arbitration in 2011, he signed with the Yankees and succeeded Jorge Posada as the Yankees' everyday catcher.
In November 2012, Martin signed a two-year free agent contract with the Pirates and took over the team's everyday catcher duties.
More Russell Martin on Wikipedia.... I feel pretty comfortable with my development.
He understands enough in baseball terms to figure out what I'm trying to say. I don't think it's a big issue when it comes to calling a game.
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