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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 27)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date9-21-1991
Height6' 0"
Weight200 lbs
Age32 years, 7 months, 4 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
5.02015
4.22016
4.92017
0.92018
0.32019
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2013 SLN MLB 21 1 28.3 2 1 1 31 9 24 1 103 9.8 2.9 0.3 7.6 0% .345 1.41 3.05 5.08 100 4.48 107.4 0.1
2014 SLN MLB 57 7 89.3 2 4 1 90 36 84 4 102 9.1 3.6 0.4 8.5 0% .333 1.41 3.14 4.03 95 3.69 90.4 1.0
2015 SLN MLB 31 29 179.7 14 7 0 168 63 184 13 94 8.4 3.2 0.7 9.2 0% .318 1.29 3.23 3.01 78 2.74 63.9 5.0
2016 SLN MLB 31 31 195.3 16 9 0 169 70 174 15 91 7.8 3.2 0.7 8.0 58% .286 1.22 3.64 3.04 91 3.46 76.6 4.2
2017 SLN MLB 32 32 205.0 12 11 0 179 71 217 27 96 7.9 3.1 1.2 9.5 52% .285 1.22 3.92 3.64 82 3.43 72.9 4.9
2018 SLN MLB 33 18 118.7 8 6 5 100 60 117 5 92 7.6 4.6 0.4 8.9 51% .290 1.35 3.49 3.11 99 4.63 103.4 0.9
2019 SLN MLB 48 0 48.3 4 2 24 39 18 53 2 93 7.3 3.4 0.4 9.9 59% .298 1.18 2.81 3.17 79 3.29 67.5 1.1
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Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2011 QUD A MID 8 8 38.7 3 2 0 27 14 50 1 96 6.3 3.3 0.2 11.6 0% .299 1.06 2.50 2.33 79 3.30 67.3
2011 PMB A+ FSL 10 10 46.0 3 3 0 49 30 48 2 100 9.6 5.9 0.4 9.4 0% .351 1.72 4.20 5.28 105 6.91 141.0
2012 PMB A+ FSL 7 7 33.0 2 2 0 29 10 34 0 97 7.9 2.7 0.0 9.3 0% .319 1.18 2.78 3.00 81 4.07 84.8
2012 SFD AA TEX 15 14 71.3 4 3 0 62 22 58 6 99 7.8 2.8 0.8 7.3 0% .276 1.18 3.92 2.90 101 4.37 91.0
2013 SLN MLB NL 21 1 28.3 2 1 1 31 9 24 1 103 9.8 2.9 0.3 7.6 0% .345 1.41 3.05 5.08 100 4.48 107.4
2013 SFD AA TEX 3 3 11.7 1 0 0 11 1 9 1 103 8.5 0.8 0.8 6.9 0% .278 1.03 3.13 2.31 90 3.59 78.1
2013 MEM AAA PCL 13 13 68.0 5 3 0 54 27 63 3 88 7.1 3.6 0.4 8.3 0% .268 1.19 3.74 2.51 88 2.86 62.1
2014 SLN MLB NL 57 7 89.3 2 4 1 90 36 84 4 102 9.1 3.6 0.4 8.5 0% .333 1.41 3.14 4.03 95 3.69 90.4
2014 MEM AAA PCL 2 2 10.3 1 0 0 6 1 7 0 89 5.2 0.9 0.0 6.1 0% .207 0.68 2.63 0.00 88 2.61 55.3
2015 SLN MLB NL 31 29 179.7 14 7 0 168 63 184 13 94 8.4 3.2 0.7 9.2 0% .318 1.29 3.23 3.01 78 2.74 63.9
2016 SLN MLB NL 31 31 195.3 16 9 0 169 70 174 15 91 7.8 3.2 0.7 8.0 58% .286 1.22 3.64 3.04 91 3.46 76.6
2017 SLN MLB NL 32 32 205.0 12 11 0 179 71 217 27 96 7.9 3.1 1.2 9.5 52% .285 1.22 3.92 3.64 82 3.43 72.9
2018 SLN MLB NL 33 18 118.7 8 6 5 100 60 117 5 92 7.6 4.6 0.4 8.9 51% .290 1.35 3.49 3.11 99 4.63 103.4
2018 SFD AA TEX 3 1 7.0 0 0 0 6 0 6 3 102 7.7 0.0 3.9 7.7 29% .167 0.86 7.30 3.86 124 4.58 96.9
2019 SLN MLB NL 48 0 48.3 4 2 24 39 18 53 2 93 7.3 3.4 0.4 9.9 59% .298 1.18 2.81 3.17 79 3.29 67.5
2019 PEO A MID 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100% .000 0.00 3.43 0.00 106 4.51 92.9
2019 SFD AA TEX 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 63% .500 2.00 4.95 4.50 111 7.32 150.5
2019 MEM AAA PCL 3 0 3.7 0 0 0 1 4 6 0 2.5 9.8 0.0 14.7 83% .167 1.36 4.61 0.00 80 1.74 35.7

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2013 470 0.5234 0.5106 0.7917 0.6667 0.3393 0.8841 0.5921 0.2083
2014 1350 0.4711 0.4807 0.7026 0.6226 0.3543 0.8157 0.5257 0.2974
2015 2821 0.4878 0.4665 0.7546 0.6105 0.3294 0.8631 0.5630 0.2454
2016 3000 0.5273 0.4643 0.7688 0.6220 0.2884 0.8435 0.5892 0.2312
2017 3121 0.5056 0.4601 0.7493 0.6084 0.3085 0.8333 0.5798 0.2507
2018 1973 0.4906 0.4633 0.7473 0.6271 0.3055 0.8369 0.5700 0.2527
2019 767 0.4941 0.4941 0.7071 0.6412 0.3505 0.8313 0.4853 0.2929
Career135020.50100.46860.74890.61990.31600.84220.56660.2511

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
2011-08-17 2011-08-28 Minors 11 0 - Not Disclosed - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2022 SFN $
2021 SLN $11,700,000
2020 SLN $11,700,000
2019 SLN $11,700,000
2018 SLN $11,700,000
2017 SLN $3,700,000
2016 SLN $539,000
2015 SLN $520,000
2014 SLN $505,000
2013 SLN $
YearsDescriptionSalary
8 yrPrevious$52,064,000
8 yrTotal$52,064,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
8 y 73 dOctagon1 year (2022)

Details
  • 1 year (2022). Signed by San Francisco as a free agent 3/13/22 (minor-league contract). Salary of $2.5M in majors. May earn additional $1.5M in performance bonuses. Released by San Francisco 4/28/22. Signed by Boston as a free agent 5/8/22 (minor-league contract). Released by Boston 5/18/22. Suspended 80 games without pay 5/28/22 (violation of MLB PED policy).
  • 5 years/$51M (2017-21), plus 2022-23 options. Signed extension with St. Louis 2/2/17 (avoided arbitration, $4.25M-$3.9M). $1M signing bonus. 17:$3.5M, 18:$11.5M, 19:$11.5M, 20:$11.5M, 21:$11.5M, 22:$17M club option ($0.5M buyout), 23:$18M club option ($0.5M buyout). Assignment bonus: $0.5M if traded before end of 2019 season. $1M if traded after 2019 season. Perks: suite on road beginning in 2020. St. Louis declined 2022 option 11/4/21.
  • 1 year/$539,000 (2016). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/16.
  • 1 year/$520,000 (2015). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/15.
  • 1 year/$505,000 (2014). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/14.
  • 1 year (2013). Contract purchased by St. Louis 5/3/13.
  • Signed by St. Louis 2010 as an amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic. $1.5M signing bonus.
  • Previously known as Carlos Matias, he signed with Boston in 2009 for $160,000, but the deal was voided.

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
90o 0 0 0 0 0 11.4 8 4 12 1 .253 1.04 2.22 2.71 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 7.5 5 3 8 0 .264 1.11 2.51 3.05 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 4.7 4 2 5 0 .271 1.15 2.71 3.29 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 2 1 3 0 .278 1.19 2.89 3.5 0.0 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .285 1.23 3.06 3.7 0.0 0.0
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Carlos Martinez threw 16,124 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2013 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he relied primarily on his Sinker (89mph), Cutter (89mph), Slider (81mph) and Fourseam Fastball (91mph), also mixing in a Change (82mph).