Jose, We Shall See

[G-Fafif]

[G-Fafif]

Martinez was https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/martijo08.shtmlpretty productive in 2018.

[Benjamin Grimm]

More chum for Syracuse, most likely.

[bmfc1]

DH-depth. Don't give him a glove. Look at his offense WAR and defensive WAR:

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/jose-martinez/7996/stats?position=1B/OFhttps://www.fangraphs.com/players/jose-martinez/7996/stats?position=1B/OF



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mart%C3%ADnez_%28baseball,_born_1988%29https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mart%C3%ADnez_(baseball,_born_1988)

https://twitter.com/djshort/status/1349804159206354952https://twitter.com/djshort/status/1349804159206354952

[Edgy MD]

Martinez was https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/martijo08.shtmlpretty productive in 2018.

Those 2020 numbers, on the other, hand, somehow make Billy Hamilton look more appealing.

[nymr83]

if this were a gauranteed MLB deal wasting a 25 (26?)-man spot it would seem like a blah move - but as a split contract I like the depth it provides at the back end of the 40 man roster

[Fman99]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: More chum for Syracuse, most likely.

Good we need chums up here

[Frayed Knot]

Mainly what Martinez does is tees up LHPs ... while not being horrible vs RHPs either



283/347/418//765 career vs RHP

307/382/534//915 career vs LHP



Now virtually all of that came from 2017 and 2018 so it remains to be seen what he has left (tho is only 32 y/o) but

even Scott Hairston didn't have those kinds of numbers vs LHPs during his two seasons as a NYM and I remember

his tenure in Queens as a guy seemingly put on this earth for the sole purpose of abusing southpaws.

[smg58]

He's basically Davis with even less defensive value. Barring an injury to Davis or Alonso, or a last-minute switch to the universal DH, I don't anticipate much of an impact.

[Edgy MD]

Well, two Davises are better than one.



At this moment, he's Syracuse's best bat, so he's more than likely to see some time in the bigs.

[ashie62]

Jose will get some MLB time with the first non pitcher Mets injury of the year, like Junish.