The post-home run celebration may never be the same for Boston Red Sox slugger J.D. Martinez.
Martinez, who always shared a jumping hug in the dugout with former Red Sox utility player Brock Holt, will no longer have that opportunity. Holt, as you may know by now, signed a deal with the Milwaukee Brewers, ending his seven-year run in Boston.
It prompted a question to Martinez about who he would embrace after each dinger during the 2020 season.
“That’s a good one,” Martinez told reporters in Fort Myers, Fla. Wednesday, per MassLive’s Chris Cotillo. “Whoever’s there. I don’t know.”
Martinez also sent Holt some well wishes now that the two won’t be sharing the dugout in Boston.
“You wish him the best,” Martinez said, per Cotillo. “He was a character in here. He was fun to be around. You wish him the best, but that’s the business side of it.”
The Red Sox will open their spring training schedule Friday when they take on Northeastern University. As for Holt, he issued a thank you message to Boston on Wednesday.
