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2011 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: C

Fantasy baseball owners are used to not having many quality catchers to choose from in drafts, but 2010 was the year the game changed. Last season delivered the debuts of Buster Posey and Carlos Santana, two highly-regarded prospects that spent little time cashing in on their potential. Posey got out to a blazing-hot...

Hot Stove Burns for 2010's Also-Rans

Think of the 2010 offseason as the Winter of the Also-Rans. If your team finished just out of the proverbial money this past season, chances are it shelled out some cash or cashed in on some prospects to try and make sure that doesn't happen again in 2011. We know all about what the Red Sox have done so far this winter...

Steve Phillips' Fix My Team: Tigers

Every team has a few precious months in the offseason to make tweaks to their roster and ensure that they improve in 2011. Steve Phillips has taken a team to the World Series before, and in November and December he will present his plan for every major league team to get there as well. It's the 15th episode of Fix My Team,...

Victor Martinez Deal Shows How Serious Tigers Are About Contending

Switch-hitting catchers with power are tough to come by, but the Tigers now have one. On Tuesday, Victor Martinez agreed to a $50 million deal with Detroit. FanHouse TV's Steve Phillips says the Tigers are on the attack so far this winter, and it could get them back in the playoffs.

Beltre, Martinez Get Red Sox Arbitration Offers; Varitek Does Not

The arbitration system makes for some unusual maneuvering this time of year, as evidenced by the decisions the Red Sox front office handed down Tuesday. Of the six Boston players eligible for free agency, the Red Sox will offer arbitration to three of them: Victor Martinez, Adrian Beltre and Felipe Lopez. They won't...

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05/31/12 Students develop leadership skills at Youth Summit Source: The Eagle-Tribune - North Andover MA Tomorrow's leaders got a start on developing their skills at the Greater Lawrence Academic Bowl Youth Leadership Summit.
05/30/12 Man arrested, found hiding in apartment closet Source: The Independent Florida Alligator - Univ of FL - Gainesville FL A late-night apartment visit Monday night landed one UF staff member in jail.
05/29/12 Man hiding in couple's closet wore hoodie, spandex... Source: FloriDUH When the Gainesville couple returned home to their apartment they noticed a shadow on their bedroom floor, reports The Gainesville Sun. The woman then found a stranger, later identifies as Victor Martinez, inside their closet wearing a hooded sweatshirt with the hood up.
05/16/12 Jamie Samuelsen's blog: Tigers must start getting... Source: Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI Jamie Samuelsen, co-host of the Jamie and Wojo show at 6 p.m. weekdays on WXYT-FM (97.1), blogs for freep.com. His opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Detroit Free Press nor its writers.
05/13/12 It's a Happy Mother's Day as Red Sox pound Indians Source: MassLive.com Maybe somebody should tell Will Middlebrooks and Daniel Nava they're only supposed to be keeping the seats warm for other Red Sox players.

Background on Victor Martinez

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.

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