POLICE CHARGE FORMER RAYS PLAYER IN DEATHS
Police arrested Brandon Martin, a Rays supplemental first-round pick in 2011, and charged him with three counts of murder in the deaths of his father, uncle and another man in Corona, Calif., in mid-September.
Martin, a shortstop who received an $860,000 bonus as the 38th overall pick in 2011, has not played since 2013 because of personal reasons. He batted .211/.281/.371 in parts of three seasons before the Rays released him in March.
Investigators said someone used a bat to inflict blunt force trauma injuries that caused the deaths of three people: Michael Martin, 63; Ricky Lee Anderson, 62; and Barry Swanson, 62. The attack occurred Sept. 17 at Martin’s home in Corona. Martin, who is Brandon Martin’s father, and Swanson, who was…