As Guardians fans hope for the best for Gabriel Arias and his family in whatever emergency situation they face, they also root for Angel Martinez to enjoy the fruits of his hard work in a successful major league debut, having been called up to the 26-man roster today.
Martinez was signed as a 16 year-old out of the Dominican Republic by the Guardians in 2018. For his professional career, he has an 111 wRC+ with a 18/10.3 K/BB, a .153 ISO, he’s pulled the ball about 45% over his career and hit fly balls at a 35% rate (indicating that he has some of that coveted pulled-fly-ball skill for which the Guardians look in hitters), and his overall swinging strike rate is around 10%.