Name: Constantino "Tino" Martinez
Position: First base
Born: December 7, 1967 (Tampa, FL)
Yankee Years: 1996-2001, 2005
Primary number: 24
Yankee statistics: 1,054 G, .276/.347/.484, 189 2B, 11 3B, 192 HR, 113 wRC+, 16.6 rWAR, 16.0 fWAR
Biography
There has been a recent trend among Yankees fans to encourage the team to hold onto their talented young players and let them develop, perhaps due to an attachment to the homegrown bunch that helped the franchise win four World Series titles in five years.