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Chris Martin

Pitcher

Born: June 2, 1986
Fort Worth, TX
Height: 6-7
Weight: 225
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Drafted: 21st round, 2005 by COL
How Acquired: Contract acquired from Grand Prairie of
the American Association and signed to a minor league
deal (March 2011)
College: McLennan Community College
High School: Arlington (TX)

Photo © Kelly O'Connor

Traded to Colorado with Franklin Morales for Jonathan Herrera (Dec. 2013)

Scouting Report: Lanky right-hander signed out of the independent American Association in March 2011. Throws from a 3/4 arm slot. Easy, balanced delivery with the ball loosely coming out of his hand. Fastball sits 93-95 mph. Creates sink by throwing downhill. Effective between the knees and thighs, but flattens out when elevated in the zone. Average command, but needs to improve carrying it over from outing to outing. Also features a solid-average 84-86 mph slider. At its best the pitch shows depth and bite, but he's inconsistent with the offering and at times it rolls to the plate, allowing batters to get a piece of it. It generates swings and misses when its on. Also mixes in a below-average 83-84 mph changeup. Profiles as an up-and-down middle reliever, with the potential to make major league impact as a middle reliever in peak seasons.

Links
2012 Prospect Preview
Scouting Scratch: Pitchers impress early (4.17.13)

		Pitching Stats
	year	team	lg	level	org	age	w	l	%	era	g	gs	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	whip	k/bb	k/9
	2010	Grand Prairie	AmAs	Ind	---	24	4	0	1.000	1.96	13	4	0	36.7	34	11	8	0	9	36	1.17	4.00	8.84
	2011	Greenville	SAL	A	Bos	25	4	0	1.000	2.17	7	1	0	29.0	16	7	7	1	6	28	0.76	4.67	8.69
	2011	Salem	Car	A	Bos	25	2	1	0.667	0.92	13	0	4	39.3	29	4	4	0	6	24	0.89	4.00	5.49
	2011	Portland	East	AA	Bos	25	0	1	0.000	15.88	3	0	0	5.7	12	10	10	2	1	3	2.29	3.00	4.76
	2012	Portland	East	AA	Bos	26	3	6	0.333	4.48	23	12	0	76.3	83	42	38	4	18	65	1.32	3.61	7.66
	2012	Surprise	Fall	AFL	Bos	26	1	0	0.000	3.38	7	0	0	10.7	8	4	4	0	1	12	0.84	12.00	10.13
	2013	Portland	East	AA	Bos	27	2	0	1.000	0.00	12	0	3	21.0	9	0	0	0	6	27	0.71	4.50	11.57
	2013	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	Bos	27	3	3	0.500	3.18	30	0	2	51.0	51	19	18	3	10	47	1.20	4.70	8.29
	2014	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	Col	28	1	3	0.250	4.39	25	0	5	26.7	33	15	13	2	9	36	1.58	4.00	12.15
	2014	Colorado	NL	MLB	Col	28	0	0	---	6.89	16	0	0	15.7	22	12	12	2	4	14	1.66	3.50	8.04
	2015	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	NYY	29	0	1	0.000	3.18	20	0	2	28.3	26	12	10	1	10	25	1.27	2.50	7.94
	2015	New York	AL	MLB	NYY	29	0	2	0.000	5.66	24	0	1	20.7	28	13	13	2	6	18	1.65	3.00	7.84
	2016	Nippon Ham	JPPL	Intl	---	30	2	0	1.000	1.07	52	0	21	50.7	25	8	6	2	7	57	0.63	8.14	10.12
	2017	Nippon Ham	JPPL	Intl	---	31	0	2	0.000	1.19	40	0	1	27.7	21	5	5	2	6	34	0.72	5.67	8.12
	2018	Frisco	Tex	AA	Tex	32	0	0	---	0.00	2	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	3	1.00	---	13.50
	2018	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	Tex	32	0	0	---	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2.00	---	9.00
	2018	Texas	AL	MLB	Tex	32	1	5	0.167	4.54	46	0	0	41.7	46	21	21	5	5	37	1.22	7.40	7.99
	2019	Texas	AL	MLB	Tex	33	0	2	0.000	3.08	38	0	4	38.0	35	13	13	8	4	43	1.03	10.75	10.18
	2019	Atlanta	NL	MLB	Atl	33	1	1	0.500	4.08	20	0	0	17.2	17	10	8	1	1	22	1.02	22.00	11.21

	Additional Player Info
	Pronunciation: --- First Pro Contract: March 15, 2011 Signing Bonus: N/A MiLB Debut: May 20, 2011 (Greenville)	Added to 40-man: - MLB Debut: April 26, 2014 (COL)

	Awards Eastern League Pitcher of the Week (April 4-14, 2013) Red Sox ML Relief Pitcher of the Month (April 2013)	SoxProspects.com Awards 2011 SoxProspects.com All-Star - RP SoxProspects.com Pitcher of the Week (April 8-14, 2013) 2013 SoxProspects.com All-Star - RP

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