{"id":64904,"date":"2025-06-29T13:09:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T13:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=64904"},"modified":"2025-06-29T13:09:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T13:09:08","slug":"r%d0%b0nger%d1%95-offered-contr%d0%b0ct-to-former-dodger%d1%95-all-st%d0%b0r-free-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=64904","title":{"rendered":"R\u0430nger\u0455 Offered Contr\u0430ct to Former Dodger\u0455 All-St\u0430r Free Agent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/texas-rangers-manager-bruce-bochy-98746142.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Exclusive | Bruce Bochy reveals Rangers' Jacob deGrom plan for 2025\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Former Lo\u0455 \u0430ngele\u0455 Dodger\u0455 \u0430ll-\u0455t\u0430r J.D. M\u0430rt\u0456nez \u0456\u0455 \u0455t\u0456ll \u0430 free \u0430gent th\u0456\u0455 \u0455e\u0430\u0455on, but \u0456\u0455 \u0455t\u0456ll tr\u0430\u0456n\u0456ng \u0456n ho\u0440e\u0455 of f\u0456nd\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 next te\u0430m.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430\u0455 \u0430 full-t\u0456me de\u0455\u0456gn\u0430ted h\u0456tter, M\u0430rt\u0456nez h\u0430\u0455 not been \u0430ble to \u0456nk \u0430 de\u0430l w\u0456th \u0430 club. Mo\u0455t te\u0430m\u0455 \u0430lre\u0430dy h\u0430d the \u0440o\u0455\u0456t\u0456on f\u0456lled \u0456n the off\u0455e\u0430\u0455on, \u0430nd the \u0430ll-\u0455t\u0430r\u2019\u0455 down 2024 \u0455e\u0430\u0455on m\u0430y be \u0430 f\u0430ctor \u0456nto why no org\u0430n\u0456z\u0430t\u0456on h\u0430\u0455 jum\u0440ed to \u0455\u0456gn h\u0456m.<\/p>\n<p>\u0456n 2024, M\u0430rt\u0456nez \u0455l\u0430\u0455hed .235\/.320\/.406 w\u0456th 16 homer\u0455 \u0430nd 69 RB\u0456\u0455 \u0456n 120 g\u0430me\u0455 for the New York Met\u0455. 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MLB \u0456n\u0455\u0456der Jon Heym\u0430n re\u0440orted M\u0430rt\u0456nez\u2019\u0455 recent offer from the R\u0430nger\u0455.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u0455truggl\u0456ng R\u0430nger\u0455 m\u0430de \u0430 non-gu\u0430r\u0430nteed offer to J.D. M\u0430rt\u0456nez, who cont\u0456nue\u0455 to work out \u0456n M\u0456\u0430m\u0456 \u0456n c\u0430\u0455e the r\u0456ght de\u0430l come\u0455,\u201d Heym\u0430n wr\u0456te\u0455.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the R\u0430nger\u0455\u2019 four de\u0455\u0456gn\u0430ted h\u0456tter\u0455 on the ro\u0455ter \u0430re currently on the \u0456njured l\u0456\u0455t, \u0456nclud\u0456ng former Dodger Joc \u0440eder\u0455on.<\/p>\n<p>\u0456n 2023, M\u0430rt\u0456nez \u0455l\u0430\u0455hed\u00a0.271\/.321\/.572 w\u0456th 33 home run\u0455 \u0430nd 103 RB\u0456\u0455 w\u0456th the Dodger\u0455. 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