The Double-A Midland RockHounds are off to an 8-5 start, which ties them for the best record in the Texas League in the early going. On Thursday, they added a notable name in shortstop Richie Martin, who had missed the beginning of the season with a lower back strain.
Martin has tumbled down the Oakland A’s prospect list and is at risk of falling off the radar completely. The 2015 1st-round draft pick failed to hit in Double-A last year and washed out of Midland by the end of July, and then he didn’t hit much back in High-A either.