10:13 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) recorded a first-inning infield single Saturday and was removed for a pinch runner in what's expected to wind up as his final major-league at-bat.

12:14 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) will take the final at-bats of his career Saturday against the Royals, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports.

7:00 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is out of the lineup against Minnesota on Wednesday, Evan Woodbery of MLive Media Group reports.

7:57 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is not starting Sunday against Cleveland.

11:13 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) announced Saturday he will retire at the end of the 2018 season, Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.

7:02 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is not in the lineup against Houston on Wednesday, Chris McCosky of the Detroit News reports.

6:59 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is not in the lineup Sunday against the Cardinals, Chris McCosky of The Detroit News reports.

1:19 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Monday's loss to the White Sox.

7:04 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is not in the lineup for Sunday's series finale against the Yankees.

5:18 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 0-for-3 but drove in a run with a sacrifice fly Saturday during the Tigers' loss to the Yankees.

6:52 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 2-for-5 with two, two-run home runs in Thursday's 8-7 win over the Yankees.

7:48 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is out of the lineup versus the Royals on Wednesday, Chris McCosky of the Detroit News reports.

8:23 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI in Sunday's 7-2 loss to the White Sox.

7:23 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is not in the lineup against the White Sox on Thursday, Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

7:17 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 3-for-4 with an RBI in Tuesday's win 2-1 win over the Cubs.

6:15 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 3-for-3 with a walk, a double and an RBI in Friday's loss to the Twins.

3:46 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) indicated Wednesday that he will probably retire at the end of the season, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports. "I'm pretty sure this is going to be it. This is going to be it. I'm just enjoying these last six weeks and then finally go home."

6:43 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is not in Wednesday's lineup against the White Sox, Jason Beck of MLB.com reports.

7:07 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 2-for-4 with a double, a run scored and two RBI in Tuesday's loss to the White Sox.

3:27 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 2-for-3 with a double and a walk in Tuesday's loss to the Angels.

11:08 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is out of the lineup Sunday against the Athletics, Jason Beck of MLB.com reports.

7:51 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is out of the lineup Sunday against the Indians.

7:11 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 2-for-2 with two walks and a solo home run in Friday's 8-3 loss to Cleveland.

7:17 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in Tuesday's 5-4 loss to the Royals.

7:30 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is out of the lineup Sunday against the Red Sox.

8:20 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is out of the lineup Sunday against the Rangers.

7:09 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is not in the lineup against the Cubs on Wednesday, Evan Woodbery of MLive Media Group reports.

7:12 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is not starting Tuesday against the Cubs, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports.

8:08 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 1-for-4 with an RBI in Monday's 3-2 win over the Blue Jays.

9:32 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) who currently has a career-worst .623 OPS and just four home runs, doesn't appear to be in danger of losing playing time, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports.

6:11 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is not in the lineup Wednesday against the Reds, Chris McCosky of The Detroit News reports.

11:19 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Reds, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports.

6:02 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 3-for-4 with a strikeout in Saturday's win over the White Sox.

6:07 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) batted fifth in all three of Detroit's games with Cleveland over the weekend after serving as the cleanup hitter for his previous 11 starts.

8:49 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 2-for-3 with an RBI in Saturday's win over the Indians.

6:54 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is out of the lineup for Game 1 of the Tigers' doubleheader Monday with the Yankees, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports.

6:37 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is out of the lineup Sunday against the Blue Jays.

7:15 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) Tigers have no plans of removing Martinez, who is slashing just .251/.314/.363, from the cleanup spot, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports.

7:54 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is out of the lineup Monday against the Angels.

9:08 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is not in the lineup for Game 1 of Saturday's doubleheader against Seattle, Jason Beck of MLB.com reports.

7:30 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is not in the lineup against Texas on Wednesday.

7:38 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Tuesday's win over the Rangers.

1:26 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 3-for-3 with three singles and a walk in Friday's loss to the Royals.

12:56 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) (ankle) is back in the lineup Friday against the Royals, Jason Beck of MLB.com reports.

9:33 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is not in Thursday's lineup due to an ankle injury, Chris McCosky of The Detroit News reports.

8:58 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against Kansas City.

6:47 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is out of the lineup against the Pirates on Thursday.

8:31 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is again not in the lineup for the first game of Wednesday's double-header in Pittsburgh.

7:45 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 3-for-4 with a two-run home run, his first of the season, in Tuesday's win over the Orioles.

7:35 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 2-for-4 with two doubles, a run and an RBI in Friday's loss to the Yankees.

8:14 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is out of the lineup Sunday against the White Sox.

1:24 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) is out of the lineup for the second game of Detroit's doubleheader against Pittsburgh on Sunday, Jason Beck of MLB.com reports.

5:09 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 1-for-3 with a solo home run, his fifth of the spring, in Tuesday's Grapefruit League win over the Yankees.

3:21 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 1-for-3 with a solo home run, his fourth of the spring, in Sunday's Grapefruit League win over the Braves.

1:41 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) (chest) was reinstated from the 60-day DL on Friday.

3:08 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) (chest) underwent heart ablation surgery Monday, Chris McCosky of The Detroit News reports.

5:55 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) Tigers transferred Martinez (chest) to the 60-day disabled list Sunday.

11:11 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) (irregular heartbeat) will undergo a heart ablation procedure and miss the rest of the 2017 season, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports.

11:00 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) (irregular heartbeat) is done for the season, Anthony Fenech of the Detroit Free Press reports.

7:20 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) was placed on the 10-day disabled list Sunday with an irregular heartbeat.

5:45 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 3-for-4 with a run scored in Friday's 3-2 loss to the White Sox.

6:08 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is not in the Tigers' lineup Thursday against the Yankees.

8:43 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 2-for-5 with his 10th home run of the season, a solo shot, in Friday's loss to the Dodgers.

11:23 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is out of the lineup Monday against the Pirates.

11:32 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is not in the lineup Tuesday against the Yankees.

3:51 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 2-for-4 with two home runs and three RBI in Friday's 6-3 win over the Twins.

5:44 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 2-for-5 with two RBI, a double and a run scored in Tuesday's win over the Royals.

10:32 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 3-for-4 with a walk, two runs scored and three RBI in Monday's 10-2 drubbing of the Royals.

5:56 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is out of the lineup Thursday against the Giants.

9:18 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 2-for-4 with a solo homer and an RBI single against the Giants on Tuesday.

12:57 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) will man the DH spot and bat sixth Wednesday against the Royals.

11:00 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) (chest) was activated from the 10-day disabled list Wednesday.

10:32 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) (chest) is set to take batting practice Tuesday with a return from the disabled list likely coming Wednesday, Evan Woodbery of MLive Media Group reports.

3:42 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) (heart) has been cleared to return Tuesday and will not require a rehab assignment, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports.

3:16 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) (chest) resumed light baseball activity this week, Chris McCosky of The Detroit News reports.

6:12 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) Brad Ausmus said Sunday that Martinez (chest) could resume light workouts in about a week, Brendan Savage of MLive.com reports.

9:31 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) (illness) was released from the hospital Saturday morning, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports.

6:49 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) will spend Friday night in the hospital as doctors continue to examine him for an irregular heartbeat, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports.

12:24 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) (illness) was placed on the 10-day disabled list after being diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat Friday, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports.

10:03 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) (illness) remained in a hospital overnight for observation Thursday and may stay there Friday as well, MLB Network Radio reports.

5:07 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) pulled himself out of the Tigers' Thursday game, complaining of cold sweats, dizziness and his heart racing, Chris McCosky of The Detroit News reports.

6:12 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is out of the lineup Sunday against the White Sox.

8:40 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) (illness) is starting at DH and hitting cleanup Saturday against the White Sox.

5:16 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) left Friday's game against the White Sox with flu-like symptoms.

6:20 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and two runs during Wednesday's win over Kansas City.

5:22 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 2-for-5 with a game-tying two-run double and a run in Monday's 10-7 win over the Royals.

5:42 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and two walks during Saturday's win over the White Sox in the second game of their doubleheader.

1:27 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) was activated from the paternity list and is batting cleanup as the designated hitter Monday against the Astros, Chris McCosky of The Detroit News reports.

2:18 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) is expected to come off the paternity list and rejoin the lineup Monday against the Astros, Jason Beck of MLB.com reports.

12:42 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) was placed on the paternity list after Thursday's 6-5 victory over the Orioles, Jason Beck of MLB.com reports.

6:36 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) Tigers will place Martinez on the paternity list after the completion of Thursday's game, Matthew Mowery of Oakland Press reports.

6:02 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in Tuesday's 13-inning loss to the Orioles.

5:38 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) manager Brad Ausmus said he's committed to Martinez remaining the team's primary cleanup hitter, Anthony Fenech of the Detroit Free Press reports.

10:14 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 3-for-4 with a double, two RBI and a run in Friday's win over the Athletics.

8:52 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 1-for-3 with an RBI in Tuesday's win over the Indians.

8:52 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 3-for-5 with a double, a run scored and an RBI in Monday's win over the Indians.

1:18 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 2-for-5 with a homer and two RBI in Saturday's loss against the White Sox.

5:34 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) went 3-for-5 in Sunday's win over the Twins with two RBI and a run scored.

7:49 AM - Victor Martinez (Det) is out of Thursday's lineup against the Rays.

4:33 PM - Victor Martinez (Det) has just eight hits in his first 41 at-bats to start the season.