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Boise State’s Joe Martarano won’t play with Chicago Cubs this summer

Joe Martarano is focusing on football-only this summer and let baseball take a backseat.

Boise State linebacker Joe Martarano has spent the past two summers playing with the Chicago Cubs origination. He was picked in the 22nd round in the 2014 MLB Draft and has played third base and mostly at low-levels and was with the Cubs low-A affiliate in Eugene, Oregon, and also the Cubs rookie league.

He played in 18 games last year in two leagues where he had five multi-base hits, 12 RBI and hit .275 with an on-base percentage at .