In 2011, the Tampa Bay Rays selected Brandon Martin with the 38th pick of the first round of the MLB Draft. In 2013, the shortstop was already considered one of the best defensive players in the Rays’ organization. Today, Martin is in jail, arrested on charges of murdering two people and leaving a third person on life support.
The Press-Enterprise has the details:
“A former baseball standout who was required by court order to stay away from his family has been arrested in the shooting deaths of two men – one of whom was his father, the other a security system specialist on an install call.