Boston Red Sox legend Pedro Martinez faced some of the best hitters in Major League history during his 18-year MLB career, from Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez to Albert Pujols and Ken Griffey Jr.
Despite his relatively small frame for a pitcher, Martinez threw hard and wasn’t afraid of anyone. He wasn’t scared to intimidate batters by pitching inside, plunking 141 of them throughout his Hall of Fame career.
While Martinez never faced New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge, who debuted seven years after he retired, the former Red Sox ace has a pretty good idea of how he’d attack the hulking Yankees slugger.
“High for any other player is not high for Aaron Judge, so you gotta go higher,” Martinez said during WEEI’s radio broadcast of Friday’s Boston-New York game at Fenway Park. “If I