Who’s he and the place did he come from?
He’s Seth Martinez. When you’re like me, you noticed the title “Seth” in an article about Pink Sox transactions and briefly celebrated since you thought that Seth Lugo was coming to Boston. Seth Martinez will not be Seth Lugo. He does, nonetheless, personal a World Collection ring from his time in Houston in 2022, the place he put up a 2.09 ERA throughout 29 video games regardless of not pitching within the postseason.
In complete, Martinez boasts 144 Main League innings. The 31-year-old righty most lately pitched within the Marlins group, the place he spent a lot of the 12 months in Triple-A Jacksonville. The Pink Sox signed him to a minor league deal and gave him a non-roster Spring Coaching invite. He’s additionally out of choices, which implies if he’s not on the Main League roster, he’s getting waived, traded or launched outright.
He wasn’t nice in 2024, which is the one time he certified for league rankings in his profession. He struck out simply 36 batters in 52 2/3 innings that 12 months. Plus, his common fastball velocity didn’t attain 91, He additionally didn’t fairly have it in his restricted time on Miami’s Main League roster final season, the place his 5.40 ERA was truly fairly a bit lower than his 7.19 FIP. He does have 7.1 inches of extension, which is one thing that Andrew Bailey has at all times gotten enthusiastic about. His profession numbers look just a little higher since he was a stable multi-inning possibility out of the Astros’ bullpen, and in order that “something underneath 4.00 isn’t good” benchmark is admittedly put to the check with Martinez, who has precisely a 4.00 ERA in 117 profession video games.
Tl;dr, simply present me his 2025 stats.
MLB: 6.2 IP, 4 Okay, 3 BB, 4 H, 2 HR 4 ER
AAA: 43.3 IP, 54 Okay, 18 BB, 37 H, 3 HR, 3.71 ERA
Present me a cool spotlight.
You don’t want a 99-mile-per-hour fastball to shut out a sport. That is proof.
What’s he doing in his image up there?
Trying to document one in every of simply 20 Main League outs Martinez notched for Miami in 2025.
What’s his function on the 2026 Pink Sox?
Simply as with Vinny Capra or Tristan Gray, having a man who you may flip to on the Triple-A roster who’s spent a while within the Present is efficacious. It actually opens up the methods the rest of the Triple-A bullpen can be utilized, which helps guys with brighter tendencies for his or her careers. Martinez could document some innings in mop-up obligation early in 2026 simply resulting from his expertise getting greater than three outs in aid in his profession, but when he’s recording significant conditions with excessive leverage, it is going to sign that one thing went fairly badly on the depth chart.
