Mets Hire J.D. Martinez as Special Advisor

0:00It's April 1st. New York Metz News Today starts now. AI powered and game ready. I'm Cory with the story. The Metz just brought on JD. Martinez as a special advisor, teaming him up with players across the organization much like Carlos Beltran has been doing lately. Martinez wrapped up his big league career with the Metz last year in 2024, where he batted 235 over 320 slash. 406 posted a 107WRC plus and smashed 16 home runs. All solid numbers for a 36-year-old still swinging for the fences. Teammates kept shouting him out as a real mentor, dropping hitting gyms that lit a fire under the squad, and now the front office seized that value. Sticking around, his full career line sits at 283 over 348 slash 516 with a 130WRC plus, but rewind to his prime from 2. 2014 with the Tigers through 2023 with the Dodgers, and it jumps to 293 over 359 slash. 549, 291 homers and

1:06a 140WRC plus. Big move for New York, locking in that veteran wisdom to build the next wave of Metz Power.