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Absolutely not. Martin's record as one of the best framers pre-dates his days as a Yankees and has extended beyond it. The "Yankee Strike Zone" is false and got perpetuated as a myth in part because they had a string of notably good framers in the post-Posada era.
Likewise, the "Mariner Strike Zone" is because of the horrible framers we've had.
What's absolutely fascinating about the newfound ability to empirically test how good catchers are at framing is that teams and individuals alike have noted the skillsets of the good framers vs. bad/ horrible ones and, among the SABR-geek population at least, generated vide-scouting criteria to look for.
The simplest way to describe said criteria is "quietness" -- the less movement out of the catcher, the better. Trying to snatch a ball into the strike zone, as is commonly taught in the amateur levels, is completely counter-productive.