Victor Martinez rejects Boston Red Sox two-year contract offer

The Providence Journal's Dan Barbarisi says Victor Martinez is not interested in the two-year deal the Boston Red Sox recently made to their catcher.

“More than anything else, when a team comes to you and says we'll give you a one year deal or a two year deal, they're not telling you that they see you as a long-term piece of their organization,” Martinez's Alan Nero said.

The 31-year-old catcher is looking for a deal that will take him through his early 30s and perhaps something that could take him to the end of his career.

“Every player seeks that. Victor, at this point, is looking to be with a team for the rest of his career. It's not a matter of security, it's a matter of trying to get comfortable in one place. He was a Cleveland Indian his whole career, and he wasn't ecstatic when he got traded. But now that he's a Red Sox, he's gotten used to it, and he cares about the organization, and his teammates,” Nero said.

The Boston Globe's Nick Cafardo said earlier this month that the team and Martinez were talking about a two-year contract. Rob Bradford of WEEI reported this morning the Sox offered Martinez the contract.

Martinez, 31, is hitting .288/.336/.461 in 105 games for the Red Sox this season. He is making $7.7 million on his team option in 2010.