{"id":78143,"date":"2024-06-27T17:39:13","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T21:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=78143"},"modified":"2024-06-27T17:39:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T21:39:13","slug":"cincinnati-reds-activaed-marte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/06\/27\/cincinnati-reds-activaed-marte\/","title":{"rendered":"Cincinnati Reds Activate Top Prospect Ahead Of Important Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cincinnati Reds activated infielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/marteno01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-27_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Noelvi Mart\u00e9<\/a> from the suspension list ahead of Thursday&#8217;s matchup against the division rival St. Louis Cardinals. Major League Baseball <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/03\/08\/mlb-suspends-reds-noelvi-marte\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">suspended Mart\u00e9 in early March<\/a> for violating the league&#8217;s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment program.<\/p>\n<p>In a corresponding move, the Reds sent\u00a0infielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/sotoli01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-27_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liv\u00e1n Soto<\/a> to Triple-A and moved <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/11\/29\/reds-sign-emilio-pagan\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">offseason addition<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/paganem01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-27_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Emilio Pag\u00e1n<\/a> to the 60-day injured list.<\/p>\n<p>Mart\u00e9 tested positive for Boldenone, a banned anabolic-androgenic steroid. His punishment included an 80-game suspension (that started on Opening Day) and ineligibility for the postseason. The Reds entered the season with serious playoff aspirations and counted on Mart\u00e9 as an important piece.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Road trip starts off in STL. <\/p>\n<p>Powered by <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PNCBank?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@PNCBank<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jQbc5Q0qtG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/jQbc5Q0qtG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reds\/status\/1806428906758529475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Cincinnati Reds Activate Noelvi Mart\u00e9 From Suspension List<\/h2>\n<p>Cincinnati initially acquired the highly-touted prospect from the Seattle Mariners at the 2022 trade deadline in a package for starting pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/castilu02.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luis Castillo<\/a>. Though other pieces of the trade have flamed out, Mart\u00e9 looked like he was only getting better. This past March, MLB Pipeline ranked him as the best prospect in the Reds system and the 21st-best in the entire sport.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the Reds received a big boost thanks to the emergence of various young prospects. This included Mart\u00e9, who played very well after making his debut in August as a 21-year-old. In 35 games, the youngster played multiple infield positions and hit .316 (120 OPS+) with 3 homers and 15 RBI.<\/p>\n<p>Many expected him to take another step forward this season and help the Reds take over the division. Instead, Cincinnati is six games under .500 and has seen multiple infielders go down with injury, while Mart\u00e9 can only sit and watch.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Will the Reds put Noelvi Marte in the lineup Thursday @ STL?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything has been right on-track.\u201d<br \/>   &#8211; David Bell <\/p>\n<p>Noelvi\u2019s 80-game suspension is officially over \u2026 But the numbers in AAA have not been good.<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Reds?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Reds<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCPO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@WCPO<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OWoHTgcDlD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/OWoHTgcDlD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Caleb Noe (@CalebNoeTV) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CalebNoeTV\/status\/1806191167949734189?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Reds could have chosen to activate Mart\u00e9 and option him to the minors. In 12 warmup\/rehab games ahead of his activation, he hit just .151 with a .321 OPS, no homers, and 15 strikeouts over 53 at-bats. Fans would have understood if the organization felt he wasn&#8217;t ready to return or didn&#8217;t deserve it.<\/p>\n<p>However, Cincinnati officials looked beyond the numbers when making this decision. Officials have liked the process behind his at-bats, contact quality, and pitch recognition.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The reports are all positive,&#8221; Reds manager David Bell said. &#8220;Physically, he looks good. He\u2019s doing his part to get himself ready.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Reds will utilize Mart\u00e9 at third base, which will allow <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/12\/07\/reds-sign-jeimer-candelario\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">offseason addition and current hottest hitter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/candeje01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeimer Candelario<\/a> to DH.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credits: \u00a0<em>Kareem Elgazzar\/The Enquirer \/ USA TODAY NETWORK<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cincinnati Reds activated infielder Noelvi Mart\u00e9 from the suspension list ahead of Thursday&#8217;s matchup against the division rival St. Louis Cardinals. Major League Baseball suspended Mart\u00e9 in early March for violating the league&#8217;s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment program. In a corresponding move, the Reds sent\u00a0infielder Liv\u00e1n Soto to Triple-A and moved offseason addition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4683,"featured_media":78155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[28],"tags":[5847],"class_list":["post-78143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reds","tag-noelvi-marte"],"modified_by":"Evan Mazza, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78143","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\/4683"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}