Jose Martinez has been a .300+ hitter for the past two seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals in his two seasons at the major league level, yet he spent this offseason listening to trade rumors and speculation of about his role being in a perpetual flux following the addition of Paul Goldschmidt.
Now, he is going to spend the start of Opening Day 2019 on the bench in favor of Dexter Fowler, who was probably on the opposite end of the spectrum if we are talking about production in 2018.
As you all know, the biggest reason why Martinez will not be the starting right fielder for the Redbirds to start 2019 is due to his defensive deficiencies.