There aren't too many Mookie Betts, Mike Trouts or Bryce Harpers out there to be grabbed. Those players only come around once every 10 years.

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• J. D. Martinez:

  Losing is incentivized now. You have 80 percent of the teams trying to lose.

• J. D. Martinez:

  You can't say it's good when guys out there are signing minor league deals and they would be big le

• J. D. Martinez:

  I'm a very analytical guy, I like to study my swing, I like to study what my back foot is doing, my

• J. D. Martinez:

  My whole life, I've felt like I've always had to prove myself. It's never been easy, as easy as oth

• J. D. Martinez:

  Rodney Linares really stuck his neck out in Greenville to play me, because they had their prospects

• J. D. Martinez:

  I love my story. I wouldn't change it. It gives it character. It's never been on a silver spoon.

• J. D. Martinez:

  Everyone's path is their own.

• J. D. Martinez:

  I told Pedro this story: I used to wear a freakin' Pedro Martinez jersey because it had 'Martinez'

• J. D. Martinez:

  I grew up in Miami watching baseball down there, so you could see it from one extreme to the next.

• J. D. Martinez:

  I love my country. I love this country.