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Fernando Martinez LF

Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
10	310	.206	.269	.362	75	-0.9

Birth Date	10-10-1988
Height	6' 1"
Weight	210 lbs

Age	35 years, 6 months, 16 days
Bats	L
Throws	R

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2009	NYN	20	29	100	16	6	0	1	5	14	3	2	0	.176	.242	.275	66	-3.8	0.3	-2.2	-0.3
2010	NYN	21	7	22	3	0	0	0	1	5	2	0	1	.167	.273	.167	74	-0.6	-0.2	-0.6	-0.1
2011	NYN	22	11	23	5	2	0	1	1	7	0	0	0	.227	.261	.455	73	-0.7	0.4	-0.3	0.0
2012	HOU	23	41	130	28	7	1	6	6	34	5	0	1	.237	.300	.466	83	-2.5	0.2	-3.1	-0.3
2013	HOU	24	11	35	6	0	0	1	1	12	1	0	0	.182	.229	.273	72	-1.1	0.1	-1.1	-0.2
Career			99	310	58	15	1	9	14	72	11	2	2	.206	.269	.362	75	-8.8	0.9	-7.3	-0.9

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
2006	HAG	A	SAL	45	211	.246	.327	.354	.391	93	10.9	4.5	0.1	150	0	-0.3	-0.2	6.6	1.1
2006	SLU	A+	FSL	30	130	.267	.325	.403	.200	108	-7.5	3.1	0.3	65	0	1.7	0.2	-3.9	0.1
2006	MTS	Rk	GCL	1	4	.212	.279	.304	.333	122	-0.4	0.1	0	110	0	1.2	0.3	-0.2	0.1
2007	BIN	AA	EAS	60	259	.262	.337	.398	.331	102	1.9	7.6	0.7	99	0	-12.8	-1.8	0.5	-0.6
2007	MTS	Rk	GCL	3	10	.264	.358	.367	.333	104	-0.6	0.3	0	904	0	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0
2008	BIN	AA	EAS	86	385	.267	.338	.404	.343	104	0.7	11.4	0.8	97	0	0.5	3.0	-5.9	1.0
2008	MTS	Rk	GCL	4	15	.297	.372	.451	.500	101	2.3	0.4	0	153	0	-0.3	-0.3	0.8	0.1
2009	NYN	MLB	NL	29	100	.265	.330	.428	.197	99	-4.9	2.9	-0.5	66	13	-2.2	0.3	-3.8	-0.3
2009	BUF	AAA	INT	45	190	.252	.320	.381	.319	104	6.9	5.5	-2	128	0	-3.0	-0.3	5.7	0.6
2010	NYN	MLB	NL	7	22	.247	.295	.373	.214	87	-1.3	0.6	-0.2	74	14	-0.6	-0.2	-0.6	-0.1
2010	SLU	A+	FSL	4	16	.244	.334	.345	.308	100	-0.7	0.5	-0.1	94	0	0.4	-1.8	-0.1	-0.1
2010	BUF	AAA	INT	71	287	.266	.335	.417	.290	106	-1.3	8.8	-2.5	92	0	0.8	-0.8	-2.2	0.4
2011	NYN	MLB	NL	11	23	.253	.320	.400	.286	106	-0.1	0.6	-0.2	73	16	-0.3	0.4	-0.7	0.0
2011	BUF	AAA	INT	63	250	.264	.329	.405	.318	92	-1.9	7.8	-3.1	102	0	-4.3	-2.9	1.0	-0.1
2011	ESC	Wnt	DWL	9	28	.000	.000	.000	.095			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2012	HOU	MLB	NL	41	130	.256	.313	.409	.278	99	2.7	3.6	-0.9	83	16	-3.1	0.2	-2.5	-0.3
2012	OKL	AAA	PCL	90	373	.276	.343	.429	.384	101	10.4	11.1	-3.6	117	0	2.1	4.0	8.8	2.2
2012	ESC	Wnt	DWL	8	31	.000	.000	.000	.250			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2013	HOU	MLB	AL	11	35	.230	.299	.355	.250	104	-2.5	0.9	-0.3	72	13	-1.1	0.1	-1.1	-0.2
2013	OKL	AAA	PCL	29	117	.264	.334	.406	.278	99	-3.7	3.4	-1.7	64	0	-1.1	0.2	-5.6	-0.5
2013	SWB	AAA	INT	22	94	.263	.324	.391	.338	99	7.3	2.7	-1	150	0	-1.6	-0.6	3.7	0.3
2015	VRC	AAA	MEX	7	29	.000	.000	.000	.200			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2016	EST	Wnt	DWL	11	21	.000	.000	.000	.167			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
2006	MTS	Rk	GCL	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.000	0	0
2006	SLU	A+	FSL	130	119	18	23	4	2	5	46	11	6	24	1	1	.193	.256	.387	.193	0	0
2006	HAG	A	SAL	211	192	24	64	14	2	5	97	28	15	36	7	4	.333	.390	.505	.172	0	0
2007	MTS	Rk	GCL	10	9	1	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	6	0	0	.111	.200	.333	.222	0	0
2007	BIN	AA	EAS	259	236	32	64	11	1	4	89	21	20	51	3	4	.271	.336	.377	.106	0	0
2008	BIN	AA	EAS	385	352	48	101	19	4	8	152	43	27	73	6	2	.287	.343	.432	.145	0	0
2008	MTS	Rk	GCL	15	14	2	6	1	1	0	9	0	0	2	0	0	.429	.467	.643	.214	0	0
2009	BUF	AAA	INT	190	176	24	51	16	2	8	95	28	11	33	2	1	.290	.339	.540	.250	0	0
2009	NYN	MLB	NL	100	91	11	16	6	0	1	25	8	5	14	2	0	.176	.242	.275	.099	0	1
2010	NYN	MLB	NL	22	18	1	3	0	0	0	3	2	1	5	0	1	.167	.273	.167	.000	1	0
2010	SLU	A+	FSL	16	15	1	4	1	0	0	5	0	1	2	0	0	.267	.313	.333	.067	0	0
2010	BUF	AAA	INT	287	257	39	65	16	0	12	117	33	17	65	1	0	.253	.316	.455	.202	3	3
2011	ESC	Wnt	DWL	28	26	1	2	1	0	0	3	1	1	5	0	0	.077	.143	.115	.038	0	0
2011	NYN	MLB	NL	23	22	3	5	2	0	1	10	2	1	7	0	0	.227	.261	.455	.227	0	0
2011	BUF	AAA	INT	250	223	29	58	11	0	8	93	30	18	60	0	0	.260	.329	.417	.157	2	1
2012	HOU	MLB	NL	130	118	12	28	7	1	6	55	14	6	34	0	1	.237	.300	.466	.229	1	0
2012	ESC	Wnt	DWL	31	28	4	6	2	0	1	11	4	3	7	0	0	.214	.290	.393	.179	0	0
2012	OKL	AAA	PCL	373	341	55	107	23	2	13	173	62	24	85	1	2	.314	.367	.507	.194	2	0
2013	OKL	AAA	PCL	117	105	12	23	5	1	3	39	21	11	31	0	0	.219	.291	.371	.152	1	0
2013	SWB	AAA	INT	94	83	9	27	7	0	4	46	18	6	12	1	0	.325	.394	.554	.229	1	0
2013	HOU	MLB	AL	35	33	1	6	0	0	1	9	3	1	12	0	0	.182	.229	.273	.091	0	0
2015	VRC	AAA	MEX	29	28	4	5	0	0	1	8	5	0	7	0	0	.179	.207	.286	.107	0	0
2016	EST	Wnt	DWL	21	21	1	3	0	0	1	6	3	0	8	0	0	.143	.143	.286	.143	0	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2009	348	0.5086	0.4684	0.8282	0.6102	0.3216	0.8889	0.7091	0.1718	-0.0043
2010	88	0.5341	0.4091	0.7222	0.5106	0.2927	0.7500	0.6667	0.2778	0.0014
2011	95	0.5263	0.4842	0.7609	0.6400	0.3111	0.8750	0.5000	0.2391	-0.0019
2012	489	0.4744	0.5174	0.7273	0.6466	0.4008	0.7933	0.6311	0.2727	0.0062
2013	138	0.5362	0.5217	0.7083	0.6892	0.3281	0.8431	0.3810	0.2917	0.0022
Career	1158	0.5008	0.4922	0.7577	0.6299	0.3528	0.8314	0.6167	0.2423	0.0015

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2013-03-27	2013-04-21	15-DL	25	17	Left	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-	-
2013-03-17	2013-03-23	Camp	6	0	-	Back	Soreness		-	-
2012-09-16	2012-09-22	DTD	6	5	Right	Knee	Inflammation		-	-
2012-09-05	2012-09-07	DTD	2	1	-	Thigh	Infection	Boil on Inner Thigh	-	-
2012-06-07	2012-06-26	15-DL	19	17	-	Head	Concussion	HBP 10 Days Earlier	-	-
2011-08-16	2011-09-06	Minors	21	21	Left	Wrist	Strain		-	-
2011-07-16	2011-07-30	Minors	14	14	Left	Hip	Strain	Hip Flexor	-	-
2011-06-15	2011-06-16	Minors	1	0		Knee	Soreness		-
2011-04-13	2011-04-23	Minors	10	10	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2010-08-23	2010-09-07	Minors	15	0	Right	Knee	Arthritis	Mild	-
2010-05-10	2010-06-11	Minors	32	0	Left	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2010-04-24	2010-04-30	Minors	6	0		Low Back	Strain		-
2009-11-29	2009-12-06	WIN	7	0		Hand	Blister	From Hitting	-
2009-07-04	2009-10-05	60-DL	93	83	Right	Knee	Surgery	Meniscus	2009-07-15
2009-02-06	2009-02-25	Off	19	0	Right	Elbow	Strain	Moderate	-
2008-05-15	2008-06-28	Minors	44	0	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2007-06-24	2007-09-03	Minors	71	0	Right	Wrist	Surgery	Hamate	2007-09-13	-
2006-06-14	2006-07-19	Minors	35	0	Right	Knee	Sprain		-
2006-05-11	2006-06-08	Minors	28	0	Left	Thumb	Sprain		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2014	HOU	$
2013	HOU	$493,000

Years	Description	Salary
2 yr	Previous	$493,000
2 yr	Total	$493,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
1 y 73 d		1 year/$0.493M (2013)

Details

1 year/$0.493M (2013). Re-signed by Houston 3/13. DFA by Houston 5/6/13. Sent outright to Triple-A by Houston 5/11/13.
1 year (2012). Claimed by Houston off waivers from NY Mets 1/11/12.
1 year (2011). Re-signed by NY Mets 3/2/11.
1 year (2010). Re-signed by NY Mets 3/10/10.
1 year (2009). Contract purchased by NY Mets 5/26/09.
Signed 7/05 as amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic. $1.4M signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

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Date	Question	Answer
2010-08-20 15:30:00 (link to chat)	Will either Fernando Martinez or Kirk Nieuwenhuis be an impact player for the Mets outfield within the next several years? (kernan from Ogden)	Well, I'm bothered by the term impact. Maybe we have different definitions. I think they both could be every day players, and good ones, but is that impact? Take any team, even a first place one, and count the impact guys. I like those two -- but I don't think they'll be impact guys. (Kevin Goldstein)
2010-08-04 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Keep up the great work! Love the minor league updates. Any hope for Fernando Martinez? (iorg34 from Mudville)	Hold on... I have to call my psychiatrist. (Steven Goldman)
2010-03-03 14:00:00 (link to chat)	So Fernando Martinez is younger than Jared Mitchell and has performed in every level of the minors at a young age, whereas Mitchell has had just a hundred or so at-bats in A-Ball, and he's 19 slots ahead of F-Mart? Huh? (Pat from MA)	Well, one is a pure CF and one isn't -- that's a huge difference right there, no? (Kevin Goldstein)
2009-12-29 15:00:00 (link to chat)	So does Fernando Martinez get traded, or is he a RF? (Chris from Boston)	Trade value is so down I wouldn't consider moving him. Let him get reps in Triple-A, and if he's better than Francoeur by July, get him up. But he needs extended playing time at Triple-A, because he's stalled a bit due to the injuries. (Joe Sheehan)
2009-10-13 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Does this make sense for the Mets and Cubs? Cubs trade Carlos Zambrano and Alfonso Soriano to the Mets for Luis Castillo, Oliver Perez and Fernando Martinez. (Matt from Whippleville, NY)	It might work for the Mets, but there's no way it works for the Cubs. Perez is even more dubious as assets go than the Big Z, and Castillo's somebody only the Mets were willing to afford. Put Milton Bradley in Soriano's place, however, and maybe you make Jim Hendry fidget about personal wish fulfillment. (Christina Kahrl)
2009-06-05 15:30:00 (link to chat)	Similar to the Phillies question then, shouldn't the Mets be trying to trade Fernando Martinez (a desired prospect they 've shown no intention of playing) for some goodies they can use now? (josher464 from (NYC))	If they are holding onto him because he is one of their top prospects and they feel they have a relatively small window for actually remaining competitive, then yes. However, I tend to think the Mets have more of a chance of being successful with their core a few years down the road than the Phillies. Remember, Rollins/Utley/Howard/Werth/Ibanez/Victorino are all north of 28. (Eric Seidman)
2009-05-21 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Fernando Martinez for Aubrey Huff and George Sherrill? The Mets seem to be built to win-now, and adding a legit bopper to a struggling lineup AND a solid lefty to bolster a suddenly-struggling Putz would make sense. (Silv from NY, NY)	The Mets wouldn't trade Martinez for Johan Santana, so I'm going to say that they probably won't for a patch at first base and a mediocre lefthanded reliever. Andy, you have to disguise these better than that. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-11-12 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Turn off the video games, and tell me why I should believe my buddy when he says Fernando Martinez is a better prospect than Tim Alderson. (Phil Bell from Alderney)	Martinez provides more ceiling, Alderson provides more certainty. From what I can tell, most rankers balance those very differently. (Kevin Goldstein)
2008-11-03 13:30:00 (link to chat)	Speaking as a Mets fan to an A's fan, what do you suppose it would realistically take to pry Huston Street from Billy Beane's far-from cold, dead hands? And do you think Street poses the best solution to the Mets bullpen woes (from here he seems to be a better solution than paying retail rates for K-Rod and/or Fuentes, or wishcasting on Putz to be healthy)? (wrightfan5 from MD)	I think you can expect Beane to hold out for the best bits in the organization, but I really doubt that the Mets would deal Fernando Martinez for Street, and if I'm the A's, I don't need or want guys like Mike Carp. Danny Murphy's interesting, but basically this would have to involve a lot of low-level pitching to make it worthwhile. I suppose it depends on whether or not consecutive humiliations at the hands of the Phillies adds any additional impetus; at some point, Omar's going to be the guy taking the blame for failure. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-11-03 13:30:00 (link to chat)	Doesn't it make more sense for the Mets to trade Fernando Martinez than keep him? The window for this team is NOW and by the time he would be ready it seems like the window would be closed. Isn't this a rare case where it's better to trade the future for today? (josher464 from NYC)	I can accept that argument, but the real problem then is what is it you want to get with Fernando Martinez? Huston Street? That's a waste of resources; better to just burn money and sign K-Rod if that's your play. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-07-29 16:00:00 (link to chat)	How about this then: Reds get: FMArt, Parnell, Lowrie, Sox get: Dunn Mets get: Manny (J.P. from Hartford)	FMart? Please send full names ... Oh, three way, so that's top Met prospect Fernando Martinez. I don't hate that one. I don't think it works, but I don't hate it. (Will Carroll)
2008-07-03 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What's your guess at a major's ETA for Colby Rasmus & Fernando Martinez, given their slow starts in 2008? April 2009? (Goldeye99 from Canadian Prairies)	Rasmus - Aug. 08; Martinez - June '09. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Mets play the arbitration-eligibility game, even if Martinez's performance begins to demand a promotion, which it hasn't yet. (Jeff Erickson)
2008-06-26 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What should the Mets do to improve their playoff chances without mortgaging the future more than they already have? (Jessica from NYC)	I don't think there's much they can do. Maybe improve at the margins at the deadline, but you're not going to see, say, Sabathia or Teixeira (spelled it without looking it up!) added. What are they going to trade? Fernando Martinez's stock isn't exactly rising. (Dayn Perry)
2008-06-20 13:30:00 (link to chat)	Realistically, taking Delgado and Castillo's contracts and the Mets unlikelihood to cut them into account, is there any personnel move (or moves)the Mets can make to improve their on the field production? I look at the roster and see so few tradeable parts. (Kerri Mulqueen from Kew Gardens NY)	I wouldn't trade Fernando Martinez, so probably not. I guess you could see what the market is for Mike Pelfrey, who's a cheap midrotation starter for a few years, but I doubt you'd get much back. You could always sign Bonds, which would be a huge upgrade for the offense and a wash defensively with Alou. (People who complain about Bonds' defense and availability need to consider that Moises Alou is making $7 million this year.) (Joe Sheehan)
2008-06-20 13:30:00 (link to chat)	Help! What should I do??? (Omar Minaya from Queens, NY)	Don't trade Fernando Martinez. Rebuild the bench. Sign Barry Bonds. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-04-15 13:00:00 (link to chat)	How about Howard to the Mets for Maine, Fernando Martinez, and another pitcher or two? The Mets certainly have the first base hole... (Eric J from Norman OK)	Makes sense, but they'd be at a Tigers level of minor league potential and I doubt the Phillies would deal him within the division. Add in that that might push the Mets over the "luxury tax" and balance that with the new park and ... I dunno. Maybe. It's not the worst suggestion I've heard. (Will Carroll)
2008-03-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)	I just saw Fernando Martinez take Cliff Lee the other way. I can't take it anymore. I don't want to wait for him to be ready. I want to cuddle with him every night. (big baby from nj)	Well, I hate to say it, but Martinez is a guy that PECOTA is pretty far down on. One of the interesting changes we added this year was to incorporate a variable to account for a player's draft slot. But this leads to a bit of a dilemma with Latin American players, since it's not fair to treat them as though they were American players who got no signing bouns. So what we wound up doing is essentially placing foreign-born players (mostly Latin American) into their own category; PECOTA prefers to compare them to one another. And when we did that, it seemed to hurt the projections for certain kinds of players, particuarly guys like Martinez who's primary claim to fame is their age. This could be for any number of reasons, but I think it's worth remembering that Latin American players may be playing baseball essentially for a living by the time they're 14 or 15. So in some sense, they're effectively a bit older, if age is taken as a proxy for accumulated baseball experience. (Nate Silver)
2008-01-31 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What caused Fernando Martinez's ranking to drop so much from last year? I realize he didn't light the world on fire in Double-A, but doesn't he get some credit for holding his own there at such a young age? (Jessica from NYC)	In the same tone of many answers, ranking Martinez as the No. 51 prospect in all of baseball DOES give him credit for doing so. Lack of power and the fact that he's going to move to left field is what hurt him significantly in my eyes. (Kevin Goldstein)
2008-01-24 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Will the Mets end up with Johan? (Nick from NYC)	I think they will if they included Fernando Martinez in a deal. It seems that the Twins feel they can really bolster their farm system in a hurry by taking the Mets' offer. (John Perrotto)
2008-02-04 13:00:00 (link to chat)	When do you think Fernando Martinez will play his first major league game? (Zennith from Iowa City)	It would have been a lot sooner had he gone to the Twins instead of Gomez. One wonders how hard Minnesota tried to get him. Did they "settle" for Gomez, or actually prefer him? Hmmm... (David Laurila)
2008-01-10 13:00:00 (link to chat)	The word on the grapevine for a while has been that that Mets have offered Guerra, Humber, Mulvey, and Gomez for Santana, and that the Twins are holding out for the Mets to add Fernando Martinez. What would you make of this 5 for 1 trade? Should the Mets jump on it? Begrudgingly accept it? (big baby from nj)	You're trading for one year of a player and the rights to sign him to a market-value contract for six or more seasons. No, I would not make that trade. Bill Smith is in a bind. I think he's actually handled it well so far, not accepting a bad offer. He has time, still, to find the right one. It may be the most important decision he ever makes as Twins' GM, no matter how long he holds the job. (Joe Sheehan)

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