It may not feel like it, but 2020 will be Carlos Martinez‘s eighth year in the MLB. The 28-year-old righty came up with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2013 and while he only threw 28.1 innings in the regular season, he was thrown right into the fire.
Throwing in 12 appearances in the Cardinals’ World Series run that year was a great experience for the 21-year-old. From there, Martinez was the subject of some fan anger as he had issues with maturity among other things. However, the majority of the time he was fairly dominant on the mound.