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Blue Jays: The International Prospect who is not a household name

With Vladimir Guerrero Jr. dominating headlines across major league baseball (for both good and CBA related bad reasons), the international free agent market is a gold mine when it comes to finding players with raw talent and lots of years of control.

For two years the Toronto Blue Jays scouted and watched Martinez, eying him over those years until he reached the age of 16 and could finally be drafted through the international free agent process. He would fetch $3.5 million dollars from the Blue Jays through the process and was ranked as the 7th best international prospect by Baseball America before being signed.