2022 Stats
W-L
4-1
ERA
3.05
WHIP
0.98
K
74
SV
2
2023 Projections
2023 Fantasy Outlook
In his age-36 season, Martin tallied a career-high 56 innings between the Cubs and Dodgers. He impressively led qualified relievers with a 2.2% walk rate, issuing just five free passes all season. He also boasted a career-best 32.9% strikeout rate, leading to a 30.7% K-BB percentage that was fourth-best among relievers. Martin was especially dominant in the second half, with a 1.67 ERA, 0.63 WHIP and 39:1 K:BB over 27 innings. The right-hander mixes six pitches, but his mid-90s 4-seamer (45% pitch usage) was his best offering, with 45 of his 74 strikeouts coming via the heater. He threw more cutters (32%) last season, but the pitch wasn't as successful as his split-finger (9%) has been. Martin only has nine career saves, but his strong second half shows he could handle closing duties whenever Kenley Jansen is unavailable. Read Past Outlooks
Signs with Red Sox
Martin signed a two-year, $17.5 million deal with the Red Sox on Friday, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Coming off a nice 2022 campaign that saw Martin record a 3.05 ERA and 0.98 WHIP through 56 frames, the 36-year-old reliever will provide a nice boost to a Boston bullpen that turned in the fifth-worst ERA (4.59) in the league last season. Martin will more than likely be turned to often in high-leverage situations, so long as his age doesn't begin to catch up with him.
Coming off a nice 2022 campaign that saw Martin record a 3.05 ERA and 0.98 WHIP through 56 frames, the 36-year-old reliever will provide a nice boost to a Boston bullpen that turned in the fifth-worst ERA (4.59) in the league last season. Martin will more than likely be turned to often in high-leverage situations, so long as his age doesn't begin to catch up with him.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
14
Last 10 Games
12
Last 5 Games
12
How many pitches does Chris Martin generally throw?
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121+
What part of the game does Chris Martin generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2020
-2%
BAA vs RHP
2022
-1%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2020vs Left | .241 | 56 | 11 | 49 | 4 | |||
| Since 2020vs Right | .237 | 71 | 3 | 58 | 7 | |||
| 2022vs Left | .232 | 30 | 5 | 23 | 2 | |||
| 2022vs Right | .229 | 44 | 0 | 27 | 4 | |||
| 2021vs Left | .303 | 15 | 4 | 23 | 2 | |||
| 2021vs Right | .280 | 18 | 2 | 26 | 2 | |||
| 2020vs Left | .107 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2020vs Right | .147 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2020
-9%
ERA at Home
2022
-28%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2020Home | 2.91 | 0.92 | 55.2 | 9.2 | 1.1 | ||||
| Since 2020Away | 3.21 | 1.14 | 61.2 | 10.2 | 1.0 | ||||
| 2022Home | 2.52 | 0.68 | 25.0 | 11.5 | 0.7 | ||||
| 2022Away | 3.48 | 1.23 | 31.0 | 12.2 | 0.9 | ||||
| 2021Home | 3.97 | 1.15 | 22.2 | 6.4 | 1.2 | ||||
| 2021Away | 3.92 | 1.40 | 20.2 | 7.4 | 1.3 | ||||
| 2020Home | 1.13 | 1.00 | 8.0 | 10.1 | 2.3 | ||||
| 2020Away | 0.90 | 0.30 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 0.9 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Chris Martin compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. 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, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
14.80K/9
11.9BB/9
0.8HR/9
1.0Fastball
95.2 mphERA
3.05WHIP
0.98BABIP
.344GB/FB
1.71Left On Base
75.1%Exit Velocity
81.2 mphBarrels/BBE
4.7%Spin Rate
2131 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
21.7%Swinging Strike
13.1%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Martin has had one of the more impressive late-career breakouts in baseball. Through 2018 (his age-32 season), he owned a poor 5.31 ERA in just 78 career innings. In 2019, he emerged to post a 3.40 ERA in 55.2 innings for the Rangers and Braves, a number he backed up with a 30.1 K% and 2.3 BB%. 2020 was much the same for the veteran righty, who rode a 30.3 K% and 4.5 BB% to a 1.00 ERA in 18 frames. It did take some good fortune to get to that number, including his .171 BABIP and 84.9% strand rate, but his 2.36 FIP indicates he was still dominant even after accounting for that. There were a few worrying numbers for Martin -- his GB% plummeted from 50.0 to 39.0 while his fastball velocity dropped from 95.7 to 94.1 mph -- but the overall picture here is of a strong high-leverage reliever. He could fall off at any point given his age but should remain near the top of the closer depth chart in Atlanta until that happens.
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Collects second save
Martin recorded his second save of the season in the first game of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Diamondbacks, striking out two in a perfect ninth inning.
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Picks up seventh hold
Martin earned a hold against San Francisco on Tuesday, notching two strikeouts in one perfect inning.
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Rescues Dodgers with save
Martin earned a save with a scoreless outing against the Marlins on Monday. He struck out one batter in two-thirds of an inning.
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Moves past arm injury
Martin (arm) struck out one and gave up one hit over a scoreless inning of relief Sunday in the Dodgers' 8-1 win over the Marlins.
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MRI comes back clean
Martin recently underwent an MRI on his arm that came back clean, Jack Harris of the Los Angeles Times reports.
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