"We are happy the surgery went well and that Victor will be ready to compete for the start of the 2015 season," Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski said in a statement.
Dr. James Andrews preformed the procedure in Florida. He told the team that he can resume activites to their fullness in four-to-six weeks.
"I would say based on Dr. Andrews' assessment that this is about as good of news that we could have hoped for," said Tigers manager Brad Ausmus. He will stay on crutches until the swelling goes down and he gets motion in his knee, according to Jason Beck of MLB.com.
Martinez will be on crutches for now. First step will be to reduce swelling, get range of motion back in knee.
— Jason Beck (@beckjason) February 10, 2015
The 36-year-old had his best season of his long career during the 2014 season. He launced a career-high 32 long balls and tallied 103 RBI's. He also led the majors with a .409 OBP. The 12-year veteran played in 151 games and took 561 at-bats.
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