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Approaching free agency, Martínez was traded to the Boston Red Sox in November 1997 for Carl Pavano and Tony Armas, Jr., and was soon signed to a six-year, $ 75, 000, 000 contract ( with an option for a seventh at $ 17 million ) by Red Sox general manager Dan Duquette, at the time the largest ever awarded to a pitcher.

Martínez paid immediate dividends in 1998, with a 19 – 7 record, and finishing second in the American League in ERA, WHIP, strikeouts, and the Cy Young voting.