Victor Martinez retires after Saturday's game against the Royals | Bleacher's report

Detroit star Tigers, Victor Martinez, will play Saturday in a final MLB game against the Kansas City Royals before qualifying for a career after spending the last 17 years in the big leagues, according to the MLive Media Group. Evan Woodbery.

"It's just to thank the Detroit Tigers fans and thank everyone here," said Martinez, by Woodbery. "After tomorrow, that will be the case, it will be my last game, and it's a way to thank everyone."

The final season of the season in Detroit ends Sunday with the team finishing the campaign with a six-game trip. Martinez will not participate in any match during the last week, as he wants his finish to finish to happen at Comerica Park.

Martinez, 39, is playing the rest of the $ 68 million contract over four years that he signed in November 2014.

After a careful approach during the spring training (h / t ESPN.com), he admitted to Fox Sports Detroit last August that it would probably be his last season playing baseball:

This season, Martinez strikes .249 / .296 / .353 with nine homers, 21 doubles and 54 RBIs in 131 games.

Its 2017 season has been shortened after suffering a heart procedure last September to cope with an irregular heartbeat.

Martinez came to the Cleveland Indians organization and spent seven seasons of his career in the league. He was eventually traded to the Boston Red Sox at the 2009 MLB Transaction Deadline, playing a year and a half in Beantown. After signing with Detroit as a free agent after the 2010 season, he has spent the last eight years with the Tigers.

Regardless of the uniform that he wore, Martinez was a force with the bat. The batter is a 295/360 / .455 batter in his career with 246 homers, 423 doubles and 1,178 RBIs. He hit 32 dingers in 2014 and has reached the RBI 100 count five times.

Martinez is five times All-Star and two times Silver Slugger. He has also been voted the best AHL player in six different seasons, finishing second in Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout in 2014.

Although he has received many personal praises, he has never been able to capture a ring of the World Series. He has made five playoff trips in his career.