We Got Wood - 48.03 - Martinez Claims Team Top Reliever

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We Got Wood - 48.03 - Martinez Claims Team Top Reliever

Post by 7teen » Tue Aug 17, 2021 10:16 am

After a rookie season that saw him start 24 games and post a mediocre season, Juan Martinez entered his second season with the Lumberjacks wondering what his role may be. It didn't take long for Martinez to embrace his role as a stopper on the team. That role led him to a 3rd place finish in the Frick League's Egan voting and has nabbed the reliever the Team's Top Reliever honor.

Martinez appeared in 89 games season, logging 96.2 innings in which he posted a 1.30 ERA and 0.93 WHIP. He tallied 116 strikeouts and a relief corps best 2.7 WAR. He and 2046 Egan Award winner Lorenzo de' Medici formed a 2 headed monster in the stopper's role late in games for Portland in 2047 that limited scoring opportunites for opposing teams. Martinez however wasn't as suspect for blowing the opportunity when given as he went a perfect 6-0 this season with 8 saves and 0 blown chances. Martinez was such a solid stopper that the closers role and the save chances were deferred to Matt Alicea who vultured 21 saves this season from the fine stoppers work provided by Martinez and de' Medici.

The front office is excited about Martinez, who was acquired from San Fernando in the Gusby Pinkerton trade in 2044, and his surgence as a top of the bullpen arm. There are many within the Portland front office who feel that with the addition of last year's first round pick Xuan Ngo to the fold in 2048, that the Portland bullpen could be nearly impossible to score against in 2048.
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Re: We Got Wood - 48.03 - Martinez Claims Team Top Reliever

Post by mragland » Tue Aug 17, 2021 11:05 am

Is there a temptation to try him out in the rotation again?
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Re: We Got Wood - 48.03 - Martinez Claims Team Top Reliever

Post by 7teen » Tue Aug 17, 2021 12:18 pm

mragland wrote:
Tue Aug 17, 2021 11:05 am
Is there a temptation to try him out in the rotation again?
I have 3 pretty good arms in the rotation now with a 4th coming up this season. Considering how well he performed this year, and also due to the low stamina, I feel he's more valuable in the pen still. As long as the game continues to get him between 90-110 innings anyway.
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