Fernando Martínez (baseball)
| Fernando Martínez | |||
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Martinez with the Mets in 2009
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| Rojos del Águila de Veracruz | |||
| Outfielder | |||
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Born: October 10, 1988 Río San Juan, Dominican Republic |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 26, 2009, for the New York Mets | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2013 season) |
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| Batting average | .206 | ||
| Home runs | 9 | ||
| Runs batted in | 29 | ||
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Jesús Fernando Martínez Álvarez (born October 10, 1988) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder who is with the Rojos del Águila de Veracruz in the Mexican League. Martínez signed with the New York Mets in 2005, and made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut in 2009. He also played in MLB for the Houston Astros. He bats left-handed and throws right-handed. He was one of 14 players suspended for taking part in the Biogenesis_baseball_scandal.
Martínez signed with the Mets in July 2005 as an international free agent, when he was 16 years old. Mets general manager Omar Minaya, known for his ability to attract Latin American talent to the Mets, lured Martínez with a signing bonus of $1.4 million. Minaya said of the signing "What we saw in [Martinez] was a 16-year-old kid with power, great ability and great character, above everything else.”
Martínez had played center field in the minor leagues since the 2007 season with Double-A Binghamton. He was selected to both the 2007 and 2008 All-Star Futures Games. Martínez was considered by many to be a potential 5-tool player at the major league level.
Baseball America named him as the Mets Number One Prospect for 2007 and 2008.
Martinez then saw his status as a blue chip prospect decline over the next few years, due in large part to his frequent stints on the disabled list. For example, Martinez was ranked as the Number 1 prospect in the Mets' organization by Scout.com in 2009 and 2010. In 2011, he was dropped to Number 4. Similarly, ESPN Scout Keith Law ranked Martinez as the Number 10 overall prospect in 2008, and then as the Number 16 overall prospect in 2009, but dropped him to Number 73 overall in 2010. Due to his accumulated time on the major league roster, Martinez' prospect status expired after 2010.
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