Milestone for Martinez: J.D. joins 300-HR membership

n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},”__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”The Dodgers have gotten used to celebrating particular person accomplishments in 2023. Earlier this season, Clayton Kershaw, who exited Tuesday’s sport with an undisclosed ailment after six dominant innings, was honored with a champagne toast by his teammates when reaching the 200-win mark. Freddie Freeman received the identical remedy final month when he, too, hit his 300th homer. On Sunday, Freeman was toasted again after his 2,000th hit.nnOn Tuesday, it was Martinez’s flip to be celebrated. Mookie Betts, who was teammates with Martinez in Boston and now once more in Los Angeles, shared some phrases. Hitting coach Robert Van Scoyoc, whom Martinez credit for altering the trajectory of his profession, additionally stood within the visiting clubhouse to applaud the Dodgers’ designated hitter.”,”kind”:”textual content”,”__typename”:”Video”,”contentDate”:”2023-06-28T00:40:00Z”,”preferredPlaybackScenarioURL(“preferredPlaybacks”:”mp4AvcPlayback”)”:”https://darkroom-clips.mlb.com/d6cbc7bd-cf55-4bd5-8246-32483ac205b7.mp4″,”type”:”video”,”description”:”The information behind J.D. Martinez’s dwelling run”,”displayAsVideoGif”:true,”length”:”00:00:15″,”slug”:”the-distance-behind-j-d-martinez-s-home-run-x7086″,”tags”:[“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”data-visualization”,”title”:”data visualization”,”type”:”taxonomy”,”__typename”:”GameTag”,”__typename”:”PersonTag”,”slug”:”playerid-502110″,”title”:”J.D. Martinez”,”person”:”__ref”:”Person:502110″,”type”:”player”,”__typename”:”TeamTag”,”slug”:”teamid-119″,”title”:”Los Angeles Dodgers”,”team”:”__ref”:”Team:119″,”type”:”team”],”thumbnail”:”__typename”:”Thumbnail”,”templateUrl”:”https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/formatInstructions/mlb/b2lpkgfotwuv4zvn6dpn”,”title”:”The distance behind J.D. Martinez’s dwelling run”,”relativeSiteUrl”:”/video/the-distance-behind-j-d-martinez-s-home-run-x7086″,”__typename”:”Markdown”,”content material”:”“It was good,” Martinez mentioned. “Just seeing them and you know, having them say nice things and Mook speaking up, and you know, our journey together and our history back together back in 2018. And Robert, he’s like a little brother to me. It means a lot.”nnMartinez’s first homer of the day got here within the third inning, a two-run homer to proper subject off right-hander Connor Seabold. In his subsequent at-bat, Martinez didn’t waste any time becoming a member of the 300-homer membership, smacking a solo homer to left subject off left-hander Brad Hand.nnHe’s the sixth participant to hit his three hundredth homer with the Dodgers, becoming a member of Duke Snider, Gil Hodges, Gary Sheffield, Adrián González and Freeman. Martinez can be the primary participant since Miguel Cabrera (a former teammate) on July 22, 2012, to succeed in the 300-homer mark with a multi-homer sport.”,”kind”:”textual content”,”__typename”:”OEmbed”,”html”:”

Mr. 300!@JDMartinez28 chats post-game with @kirsten_watson on his profession milestone. pic.twitter.com/m3KUH92qEz

— SportsNet LA (@SportsNetLA) June 28, 2023

nn”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”,”__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”“It’s a results of having quite a lot of good gamers that may stand up to the take a look at of time,” mentioned Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts. “I wish he would’ve done it at home. But still, 300 homers, that’s a big number.”nnMartinez has dominated at Coors Field all through his profession, coming into Tuesday’s sport with a .438 batting common in Colorado, which ranked fifth all-time amongst gamers with at the very least 50 plate appearances on the ballpark. That common solely went up on Tuesday.nnMartinez, who signed a one-year take care of the Dodgers this winter, has had fairly the primary season in Los Angeles. With his two blasts on Tuesday, Martinez now has 18 homers in 62 video games. He had simply 16 over 139 video games with the Red Sox in 2022.nn“You know, way back when [Van Scoyoc] was talking about this, back in Detroit and everyone thought we were crazy,” Martinez mentioned. “He goes, ‘I want 400.’ And I was like, 400? You crazy. So we’d always laugh about it or whatever, but it’s cool. Honestly, it’s a blessing.””,”kind”:”textual content”],”contentType”:”news”,”subHeadline”:”Dodgers slugger joins a number of teammates who’ve entered unique golf equipment in ’23”,”abstract”:”DENVER — When J.D. Martinez crossed dwelling plate, Dodgers outfielder David Peralta provided him congratulations. For a second, Martinez had no concept what Peralta was speaking about.nBut after a number of seconds, all of it hit Martinez. With two homers within the Dodgers’ 5-0 win over the Rockies on Tuesday at”,”tagline(“formatString”:”none”)”:null,”tags”:[“__typename”:”InternalTag”,”slug”:”storytype-article”,”title”:”Article”,”type”:”article”,”__typename”:”ContributorTag”,”slug”:”juan-toribio”,”title”:”Juan Toribio”,”type”:”contributor”,”__typename”:”GameTag”,”slug”:”gamepk-717594″,”title”:”2023/06/27 la@col”,”type”:”game”,”__typename”:”TeamTag”,”slug”:”teamid-119″,”title”:”Los Angeles Dodgers”,”team”:”__ref”:”Team:119″,”type”:”team”,”__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”apple-news”,”title”:”Apple News”,”type”:”taxonomy”,”__typename”:”PersonTag”,”slug”:”playerid-502110″,”title”:”J.D. Martinez”,”person”:”__ref”:”Person:502110″,”type”:”player”,”__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”game-recap”,”title”:”game recap”,”type”:”taxonomy”],”kind”:”story”,”thumbnail”:”https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/formatInstructions/mlb/uijsfomf5bx174azycz3″,”title”:”J.D. Martinez hits three hundredth profession dwelling run”}},”Team:119″:”__typename”:”Team”,”id”:119,”Person:502110″:”__typename”:”Person”,”id”:502110}}
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