Chris Martin was expected to retire at the end of the 2025 MLB season.
Instead, he looks like he'll be back in 2026, according to a report from MassLive's Chris Cotillo.
Cotillo added that the Red Sox would be interested in bringing Martin back after he spent time in Boston in both 2023 and 2024.
After those two seasons with the Red Sox, Martin went to the Texas Rangers on a $5.5 million contract in 2025.
He was great, putting up a 2.98 ERA in 42.1 innings pitched out of the bullpen.
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Martin went on the Injured List multiple times, though -- for right shoulder fatigue, a left calf strain, and a thoracic outlet syndrome diagnosis in September.
He'll turn 40 in June, so Martin's days have to be numbered. Apparently, though, he doesn't want to hang the spikes up yet.
Martin entered pro baseball originally as a 21st-round pick of the Colorado Rockies in 2005 out of McLennan Community College.
He has pitched for the Rockies, Yankees, Rangers, Braves, Cubs, Dodgers, Red Sox and Rangers again, in addition to a stint in Japan.
Martin has a career 3.33 ERA in 418 MLB appearances. And it sounds like he'll be getting on a big league mound again in 2026.
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