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It’s safe to say Carlos Martinez has proved critics completely wrong this season.
Many doubted whether the Cardinals young righty could pitch deep into games. Martinez has gone six innings or more in 16 of his 22 starts so far. Check. Others, early on, doubted Martinez could maintain good enough command of his pitches when he accumulated a 4.25 walks per nine in the first month of the season. But since July 4th, Carlos has walked just 2.