{"id":77441,"date":"2024-06-21T15:26:29","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T19:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=77441"},"modified":"2024-06-21T15:26:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T19:26:29","slug":"guardians-recall-top-ten-prospect-for-mlb-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/06\/21\/guardians-recall-top-ten-prospect-for-mlb-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardians Recall Top-Ten Prospect for MLB Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cleveland Guardians will be without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/ariasga01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gabriel Arias<\/a>, who has been placed on the family medical emergency list. In a corresponding move, the club will recall infielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=martin012ang&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Angel Mart\u00ednez<\/a> from Triple-A Columbus, who will make his major league debut as soon as he gets into a game. Martinez is Cleveland&#8217;s No. 9 overall prospect by MLB.com. This season at Triple-A Columbus, Mart\u00ednez is batting .333 with three home runs and 11 RBI in 17 games. Mart\u00ednez originally signed with Cleveland for $500,000 in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>He is the son of former Major League catcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/martisa01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sandy Mart\u00ednez<\/a>, who spent time with the Guardians and Pittsburgh Pirates organizations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Adding an Angel to the infield. ?<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to The Show!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ForTheLand?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ForTheLand<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OlMbxNBkki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/OlMbxNBkki<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CleGuardians\/status\/1804224264607871022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Guardians&#8217; Angel Mart\u00ednez Set for First MLB Stint<\/h2>\n<p>Mart\u00ednez&#8217;s high baseball IQ led to a series of aggressive assignments, allowing him to reach Triple-A last year at age 21. The Guardians added him to the 40-man roster following the 2022 season to prevent another team from taking him in the Rule 5 draft. He had a down year in 2023, hitting .251\/.321\/.394 between Double-A and Triple-A. This season, he got off to a rocky start, beginning the year on the injured list with a foot injury and then a left hamate fracture. He was reinstated from the injured list at the end of May.<\/p>\n<h3>Mart\u00ednez&#8217;s Prospect Profile<\/h3>\n<p>Scouting grades: Hit: 50| Power: 45| Run: 55| Arm: 55| Field: 55| Overall: 45<\/p>\n<p>Mart\u00ednez has posted mediocre numbers in the upper levels of the minors, partly because he got there so quickly but also because he has gotten more aggressive and pull-happy. A switch-hitter, Mart\u00ednez is at his best when he works counts and uses the entire field. He has a handy swing from both sides of the plate and should focus on making contact and getting on base.<\/p>\n<p>When he entered pro ball, there were some questions about Mart\u00ednez&#8217;s speed and arm strength. However, he continues to improve and is now solid in both regards. He&#8217;s a great defender with quick, reliable hands that allow him to play second, third, or shortstop. He also had a brief showing in center field this season.<\/p>\n<p>Mart\u00ednez will likely stick to one position despite being versatile. The Guardians have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=ramirjo01,ramirjo02&amp;search=Jos\u00e9+Ram\u00edrez&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gimenan01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andr\u00e9s Gim\u00e9nez<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/rocchbr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brayan Rocchio<\/a> getting playing time at those infield spots. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/schneda04.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel Schneemann<\/a> has bounced around to multiple spots, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/freemty01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyler Freeman<\/a> is getting semi-work in center.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: \u00a9 Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cleveland Guardians will be without Gabriel Arias, who has been placed on the family medical emergency list. In a corresponding move, the club will recall infielder Angel Mart\u00ednez from Triple-A Columbus, who will make his major league debut as soon as he gets into a game. Martinez is Cleveland&#8217;s No. 9 overall prospect by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3686,"featured_media":77442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1071,35],"tags":[3903,28569,6525,28570,28568,596,3433],"class_list":["post-77441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guardians","category-mlb","category-news","tag-andres-gimenez","tag-angel-martinez","tag-brayan-rocchio","tag-daniel-schneemann","tag-gabriel-arias","tag-jose-ramirez","tag-tyler-freeman"],"modified_by":"Matt Graves","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3686"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}