Rick Osentoski/USA TODAY SportsVictor Martinez, the runner-up for the AL MVP, will undergo surgery to repair a torn left meniscus.
Dr. James Andrews is scheduled to perform surgery Tuesday to repair the injury.
Martinez will make $14 million this season after signing a new four-year, $68 million contract this offseason with the Tigers.
The 36-year-old switch-hitter batted .335 with 32 home runs and 103 RBIs in 2014 in helping Detroit to its fourth straight AL Central title. He finished second to Los Angeles Angels phenom Mike Trout in the AL MVP voting.
This is the second time Martinez has suffered a serious offseason knee injury as a Tiger. In 2012, he tore his left ACL in offseason conditioning and missed that entire season. Besides having surgery to repair that injury, he also underwent a microfracture procedure on the same knee earlier that year.
