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The New York Yankees have agreed to terms on a contract with free-agent catcher Russell Martin, just this past week. New York beat out Boston and Toronto to obtain Martin, who belonged to the Dodgers this past season. Russell Martin is deemed among the best catchers in the National League from 2007 to 2008, when he was a back-to-back All-Star while compiling a .286 batting average, .380 on-base percentage and 32 homeruns. But after a down year in 2009, when he compiled a .250 batting average, Martin played 97 games in 2010 and then missed the rest of the season with a broken right hip. The Yankees expect Martin to be in the best of shape before the next season starts because they are depending on him, as well as the rest of the team, to perform to the best of their capabilities.