Angel Martinez

Angel Martinez

23-Year-Old OutfielderOF
Cleveland Guardians
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Martinez began the 2024 season on the 60-day IL, nursing a fractured hamate bone in his left hand. When healthy, he was assigned to Triple-A Columbus. Looking to spark their offense, the Guardians called up Martinez in early July. He played regularly for a month, posting a .670 OPS, but was sent back to the minors with Lane Thomas and Jhonkensy Noel joining Steven Kwan in the outfield. Martinez is still young, entering his 23-year-old season. He's never been a top prospect, with his chief asset being contact. He doesn't hit the ball with authority and lacks the speed to compensate. His .274/.356/.456 line in 55 games with the Clippers warrants a look in the spring, but Martinez is ticketed to be a versatile reserve, capable of bouncing between the infield and outfield, which seems to be a theme on the Guardians' roster. Read Past Outlooks
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From Preseason
#365
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Guardians in March of 2025.
Slugs third homer
OFCleveland Guardians
May 28, 2025
Martinez went 2-for-5 with a double, a three-run home run and a second run scored in Wednesday's 7-4 win over the Dodgers.
ANALYSIS
Getting the start in center field and batting second, the 23-year-old switch hitter provided the game-winning hit for the Guardians when he took Alex Vesia deep in the eighth inning to break a 4-4 tie. Two of Martinez's three homers on the season have come in the last seven games, a stretch in which he's batting .222 (6-for-27) with two doubles, five runs and eight RBI, and that power surge may have come at the right time to keep him in the lineup on a regular basis with Lane Thomas (foot) and Steven Kwan (wrist) both banged up.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
5
1
9
4
9
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
1
3
3
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+33%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+54%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+15%
OPS vs LHP
2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .820 77 15 1 9 2 .308 .390 .431
Since 2023vs Right .618 237 18 5 22 5 .233 .264 .354
2025vs Left .961 33 7 1 6 1 .367 .394 .567
2025vs Right .626 112 10 2 14 3 .243 .261 .364
2024vs Left .701 44 8 0 3 1 .257 .386 .314
2024vs Right .611 125 8 3 8 2 .224 .266 .345
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+40%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
+53%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+31%
OPS at Home
2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .767 175 19 3 17 4 .283 .353 .414
Since 2023Away .547 139 14 3 14 3 .213 .223 .324
2025Home .852 72 8 2 11 2 .318 .352 .500
2025Away .557 73 9 1 9 2 .225 .233 .324
2024Home .702 103 11 1 6 2 .256 .353 .349
2024Away .535 66 5 2 5 1 .200 .212 .323
2023Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Angel Martinez compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.15
 
BB Rate
2.8%
 
K Rate
17.9%
 
BABIP
.309
 
ISO
.139
 
AVG
.270
 
OBP
.292
 
SLG
.409
 
OPS
.700
 
wOBA
.304
 
Exit Velocity
88.2 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
24.6%
 
Barrels/PA
2.1%
 
Expected BA
.243
 
Expected SLG
.349
 
Sprint Speed
25.0 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
46.4%
 
Line Drive %
15.5%
 
Fly Ball %
38.2%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2023
2021
Martinez does not hit the ball as hard as we would like, but he makes excellent swing decisions for a 20-year-old switch hitter with experience at Double-A. He slashed .278/.378/.471 with a 17.5 K%, 12.0 BB%, 13 home runs and 23 doubles in 101 games between High-A and Double-A. An above-average runner, Martinez went 12-for-19 on stolen-base attempts last season. He primarily played second base at Double-A and saw time at shortstop and third base in the Arizona Fall League. Martinez would benefit from a trade to an organization with less depth, as it is hard to envision him debuting as anything more than a utility infielder with Cleveland. He is already on the 40-man roster, but Martinez is entering his age-21 season, so there is time for him to build upon the .207 ISO he posted in a small sample at Double-A.
The top data point for Martinez is still the impressive 56-game run he had in the Dominican Summer League in 2019. However, reports from the fall instructional league were positive and it seems like this could be a prospect with few flaws. The switch-hitting shortstop walked as much as he struck out in the DSL, showing a strong hit tool and plus speed on the bases. He is well built and athletic, so he won't get the bat knocked out of his hands in the upper levels, yet his speed should age well. We have yet to see the 6-foot Martinez tap into notable over-the-fence power, but he could start showing double-digit homer pop by the time he gets to Double-A or Triple-A. If everything breaks right, Martinez could play every day up the middle while batting first or second in Cleveland's lineup. He is three-plus years away from the majors.
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Involved late in win
OFCleveland Guardians
May 25, 2025
Martinez entered Saturday's game as a pinch hitter before taking over at second base. He went 1-for-2 with two RBI in a 7-5 extra-inning win over Detroit.
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Homers, drives in three
OFCleveland Guardians
May 23, 2025
Martinez went 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI and an additional run scored in Thursday's 7-0 win over Detroit.
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Grip on CF job might be slipping
OFCleveland Guardians
May 16, 2025
Martinez is not in the lineup for Friday's game in Cincinnati.
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Idle for series opener
OFCleveland Guardians
May 12, 2025
Martinez is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Brewers.
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Logs two XBHs in win
OFCleveland Guardians
May 10, 2025
Martinez went 2-for-3 with a double, a home run, two RBI and an additional run scored in Friday's 6-0 win over Philadelphia.
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