Here’s What Torey Lovullo Had To Say About Red Sox Signing J.D. Martinez

The Boston Red Sox certainly have an idea of just how important J.D. Martinez could be to their success this season and beyond. And he just got a ringing endorsement from a former manager.

Martinez spent just a few months with the Arizona Diamondbacks, but he tore the cover off the ball in that time, and that was not lost on D-Backs manager Torey Lovullo.

Lovullo — who served as the Red Sox’s bench coach before heading to Arizona ahead of the 2017 season — kept his remarks on Martinez brief, but still provided plenty of support for the slugger.

“J.D. is off the charts,” Lovullo said in a text to The Boston Globe’s Nick Cafardo. “You’re going to love him. He’s going to be huge for you guys.”

Not a bad guy to have in your corner.

The 30-year-old is set to make his Red Sox spring training debut Wednesday, but he isn’t wasting any time taking his own pitchers deep, launching a moonshot off Rick Porcello during a “controlled” game Tuesday.