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Victor Martinez has huge shoes to fill behind home plate at Fenway Park. His predecessor was team captain, backstopped two World Series championship teams and is the only catcher in the history of the game to have caught four no-hitters. With Jason Varitek now relegated to part-time duty, many pundits are wondering aloud whether Martinez will prove to be an adequate replacement with the bat and behind the plate. When reviewing MartinezÆ numbers they provide a contradictory picture as to what the Red Sox and Red Sox Nation may be able to expect from him over the course of a full season for the Olde Towne Team. For his career, he has hit .299, with a .372 OBP, and a .465 slugging percentage (for an .837 OPS); but there is a significant variance in his performance depending on his d ...

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