Nick Martinez
P | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 1" 200LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 18, #564, Texas Rangers | Fordham
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 4 4 3.47 47 10 8 106.1 95 1.29
2023 6 4 3.43 63 9 1 110.1 106 1.26
2024 10 7 3.10 42 16 0 142.1 116 1.03
7 Seasons 37 45 4.09 240 103 9 774.1 554 1.32
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 47 4-4 3.47 106.1 95 1.29
2023 63 6-4 3.43 110.1 106 1.26
2024 42 10-7 3.10 142.1 116 1.03
7 Seasons 240 37-45 4.09 774.1 554 1.32
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 24 2119 422 23 5.5 4.1 88.8 116.5 10.7 35.1 .285 .449 .346 .358 .378 35.5 13.8 8.2 3.96 5.52
2016 25 649 139 10 7.2 5.6 88.2 111.0 8.6 29.5 .281 .466 .388 .366 .354 35.3 8.9 10.6 5.59 5.90
2017 26 1815 381 31 8.1 6.5 87.1 113.2 14.0 35.7 .279 .493 .352 .349 .383 30.4 14.0 5.9 5.66 5.37
2022 31 1720 308 25 8.1 5.6 86.5 111.4 11.5 30.2 .233 .372 .315 .304 .341 37.0 21.2 9.2 3.47 3.83
2023 32 1751 311 22 7.1 4.8 84.7 111.2 6.4 30.5 .245 .385 .294 .308 .361 29.9 23.0 8.7 3.43 3.98
2024 33 2125 430 22 5.1 3.9 86.4 112.4 17.0 34.0 .242 .365 .279 .278 .332 30.5 20.4 3.2 3.10 3.19
Player 10179 1991 133 6.7 4.9 86.9 116.5 12.0 33.1 .259 .416 .322 .322 .359 32.8 17.7 7.1
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Martinez relies on 6 pitches.
Four Seamer
(22.4%) ,
Changeup
(21.6%) ,
Cutter
(20.3%) ,
Sinker
(17.6%) ,
Curveball
(11.9%) ,
Slider
(6.1%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 44.1 17.5 33.4 5.0 37.9 39.1 23.0 3.6 33.2 20.9 28.4 6.2 5.5 4.1
2016 49.6 22.3 21.6 6.5 35.3 37.4 27.3 2.2 40.3 20.1 20.9 7.2 7.2 5.6
2017 42.8 23.1 25.2 8.9 34.1 40.9 24.1 5.0 29.9 24.9 25.5 5.2 8.1 6.5
2022 48.1 24.7 21.4 5.8 41.6 39.3 19.2 5.5 34.7 22.4 23.7 5.2 8.1 5.6
2023 54.0 20.6 20.3 5.1 37.6 40.5 21.9 9.0 37.6 16.4 24.8 4.5 7.1 4.8
2024 37.7 27.9 24.9 9.5 37.7 35.3 27.0 7.9 25.3 31.4 26.0 4.0 5.1 3.9
Player 45.0 22.8 25.3 7.0 37.5 38.8 23.6 5.8 32.3 23.4 25.5 5.2 6.7 4.9
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2024 Changeup CIN R 460 80.1 35.8 1.2 12.6ARM 0.2 6.8 -1.9 12.6ARM -1.6
2024 Slider CIN R 129 84.9 35.1 -1.5 1.2GLV -3.7 2.7 -1.1 1.2GLV -3.9
2024 4-Seam Fastball CIN R 476 92.6 14.1 1.1 4.6ARM -2.5 17.9 2.2 4.6ARM -2.9
2024 Cutter CIN R 430 89.1 22.5 4.0 2.0GLV -0.5 11.8 3.5 2.0GLV -0.7
2024 Curveball CIN R 253 80.8 55.7 4.0 0.1ARM -7.9 -13.8 3.9 0.1ARM -9.5
2024 Sinker CIN R 374 92.0 17.7 -5.2 12.9ARM -1.3 14.7 -7.4 12.9ARM -1.9
2023 Slider SD R 4 84.5 34.8 -2.3 0.3GLV -4.8 3.8 -2.3 0.3GLV -5.0
2023 Curveball SD R 335 81.8 56.5 5.9 0.8GLV -6.4 -15.4 5.5 0.8GLV -8.1
2023 Changeup SD R 504 80.7 37.0 3.2 12.5ARM -0.4 5.1 0.3 12.5ARM -1.9
2023 Cutter SD R 288 89.5 22.5 3.8 1.1GLV -1.3 11.6 3.7 1.1GLV -1.5
2023 Sinker SD R 393 92.9 17.0 -4.8 14.2ARM -0.2 14.8 -7.2 14.2ARM -0.8
2023 4-Seam Fastball SD R 226 93.3 14.2 1.1 6.2ARM -0.9 17.3 1.5 6.2ARM -1.2
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 1 477 22.4 126 .219 .351 .294 21.2 23.0 14.5 .220 .355 .273 34.8
2024 Changeup 1.5 7 460 21.6 144 .186 .286 .217 41.6 32.6 22.8 .184 .243 .200 17.2
2024 Cutter 0.4 2 431 20.3 124 .281 .430 .324 12.0 11.3 20.0 .273 .407 .295 35.8
2024 Sinker 0.3 1 374 17.6 104 .240 .375 .306 9.0 11.5 15.8 .260 .345 .296 27.4
2024 Curveball -1.5 -4 253 11.9 40 .342 .605 .440 24.7 17.5 16.3 .342 .682 .447 45.2
2024 Slider -0.6 -1 130 6.1 32 .233 .400 .275 36.4 21.9 14.3 .298 .469 .331 33.3
2023 Changeup 2.0 10 504 28.8 141 .158 .226 .193 46.5 35.5 26.7 .170 .250 .205 17.9
2023 Sinker 0.6 2 393 22.4 108 .293 .333 .306 8.8 10.2 11.6 .310 .414 .338 30.0
2023 Curveball 0.4 1 335 19.1 71 .164 .295 .266 34.7 25.4 19.6 .221 .348 .306 25.6
2023 Cutter -2.1 -6 288 16.4 78 .382 .632 .472 16.9 12.8 25.0 .334 .652 .447 44.1
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.1 0 226 12.9 62 .250 .423 .354 22.5 27.4 18.9 .224 .375 .325 40.0
2023 Slider -3.7 0 4 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 456 80.1 82 14.3 2:00 2:15 -15
2024 Curveball 253 80.8 72 16.5 6:15 6:00 15
2024 Cutter 430 89.1 60 11.2 12:30 11:30 60
2024 4-Seam Fastball 476 92.6 90 17.9 12:45 12:30 15
2024 Sinker 372 92.0 89 19.4 12:45 1:30 -45
2024 Slider 130 84.9 13 2.5 12:00 10:00 120
2023 Changeup 498 80.7 80 13.7 2:15 2:30 -15
2023 Curveball 334 81.8 76 18.2 6:30 6:00 30
2023 Cutter 272 89.5 57 11.0 12:30 11:45 45
2023 4-Seam Fastball 214 93.3 90 18.1 12:45 12:45 0
2023 Sinker 389 92.9 91 20.6 12:45 1:30 -45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 609 2,402 -1 8 -18 -10 -21
2015 555 2,113 -1 11 -2 -16 -8
2016 178 647 -2 3 -7 -3 -9
2017 472 1,792 -1 2 -9 -7 -15
2022 485 1,869 11 13 -10 -6 7
2023 460 1,750 11 12 -9 -8 7
2024 570 2,125 0 21 -10 -5 6
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 2,119 44.0 60.3 89.5 32.4 72.4 41.4 60.4 44.7 17.4 6.1 62.8
2016 649 45.1 60.4 88.1 28.1 76.0 44.2 51.4 42.7 15.5 5.5 52.8
2017 1,815 48.7 64.3 89.5 28.5 72.1 42.9 59.8 45.9 15.6 6.9 75.8
2022 1,720 47.6 64.2 83.4 32.5 56.3 43.9 65.4 47.6 25.6 6.4 80.0
2023 1,751 46.2 62.9 81.9 33.1 53.2 42.5 63.9 46.9 28.6 6.6 68.7
2024 2,125 51.4 67.4 83.6 33.9 61.7 44.8 67.7 51.1 23.1 6.8 73.6
Player 10,179 47.4 63.8 85.7 31.9 64.1 43.2 62.7 47.0 21.6 6.5 71.0
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2015 4 6 11 23 1 25 36 27 26 9 36 11 79 18 53 80 3
2016 35 53 10
2017 16 12 8 9 40 11 11 52 72 6 87 4 60 42 82 63 13
2022 51 55 55 53 44 32 35 89 59 39 30 51 82 40 78 68 16
2023 57 47 62 72 50 40 63 98 95 46 45 68 89 34 82 62 14
2024 84 44 67 79 89 36 88 94 96 28 99 29 95 23 70 59 7
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.6 8 8.2 0 1 8 2 25.0
2017 22.9 26 19.7 6 11 19 3 11.5
2022 24.6 16 16.4 0 9 8 9 56.3
2023 25.5 12 12.9 -1 3 8 6 50.0
2024 24.4 13 11.7 1 6 10 4 30.8
Player 24.0 75 68.9 6 30 53 24 32.0
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 8 9 6 8 9 7 9 10 4 7 9 7 10 9 8 8 6 7 8 8 9 6 10 10 10 9 7 11 10 9 6
2017 26 21 16 23 25 20 23 18 14 16 18 25 17 21 19 23 17 18 21 20 20 16 24 20 20 18 15 24 22 22 15
2022 16 15 13 19 17 16 15 16 15 14 14 20 20 16 17 18 15 17 15 16 17 16 19 18 13 16 19 17 19 15 15
2023 12 12 11 11 13 14 14 13 11 12 14 12 13 12 14 14 13 11 13 14 12 16 14 15 11 12 13 13 13 13 13
2024 13 9 11 11 10 13 13 10 9 10 11 13 14 10 11 11 11 10 15 15 12 13 14 14 10 11 11 14 14 13 9
Player 75 66 57 72 74 70 74 67 53 59 66 77 74 68 69 74 62 63 72 73 70 67 81 77 64 66 65 79 78 72 58
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 90.3 92.0 1.7 ↑ -- -0.2 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 91.9 -- 91.9 0.0 91.2 -0.7 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 83.4 85.5 2.1 ↑ -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 79.7 -- 80.7 1.0 ↑ 80.1 -0.6 ↓
Breaking Velocity 80.2 83.9 3.7 ↑ -- -4.2 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 81.7 -- 81.8 0.1 ↑ 82.2 0.4 ↑
Exit Velocity 88.8 88.2 -0.6 ↓ -- -1.1 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 86.5 -- 84.7 -1.8 ↓ 86.4 1.7 ↑
Launch Angle 10.7 8.6 -2.1 ↓ -- 5.4 ↑ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 11.5 -- 6.4 -5.1 ↓ 17.0 10.6 ↑
Barrel % 5.5 7.2 1.7 ↑ -- 0.9 ↑ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8.1 -- 7.1 -1.0 ↓ 5.1 -2.0 ↓
Hard Hit % 35.5 35.3 -0.2 ↓ -- -4.9 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 37.0 -- 29.9 -7.1 ↓ 30.5 0.6 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 35.1 29.5 -5.6 ↓ -- 6.2 ↑ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 30.2 -- 30.5 0.3 ↑ 34.0 3.5 ↑
xBA .285 .281 -0.004 ↓ -- -0.002 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .233 -- .245 0.012 ↑ .242 -0.003 ↓
BA .274 .290 0.016 ↑ -- -0.011 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .239 -- .240 0.001 ↑ .237 -0.003 ↓
xwOBA .358 .366 0.008 ↑ -- -0.017 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .304 -- .308 0.004 ↑ .278 -0.030 ↓
wOBA .346 .388 0.042 ↑ -- -0.036 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .315 -- .294 -0.021 ↓ .279 -0.015 ↓
xSLG .449 .466 0.017 ↑ -- 0.027 ↑ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .372 -- .385 0.013 ↑ .365 -0.020 ↓
SLG .450 .523 0.073 ↑ -- -0.008 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .398 -- .354 -0.044 ↓ .377 0.023 ↑
K% 13.8 8.9 -4.9 ↓ -- 5.1 ↑ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 21.2 -- 23.0 1.8 ↑ 20.4 -2.6 ↓
BB% 8.2 10.6 2.4 ↑ -- -4.7 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 9.2 -- 8.7 -0.5 ↓ 3.2 -5.5 ↓
Swing % 44.7 42.7 -2.0 ↓ -- 3.2 ↑ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 47.6 -- 46.9 -0.7 ↓ 51.1 4.2 ↑
Whiff% 17.4 15.5 -1.9 ↓ -- 0.1 ↑ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 25.6 -- 28.6 3.0 ↑ 23.1 -5.5 ↓
In Zone % 44.0 45.1 1.1 ↑ -- 3.6 ↑ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 47.6 -- 46.2 -1.4 ↓ 51.4 5.2 ↑
Out of Zone % 56.0 54.9 -1.1 ↓ -- -3.6 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 52.4 -- 53.8 1.4 ↑ 48.6 -5.2 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 32.4 28.1 -4.3 ↓ -- 0.4 ↑ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32.5 -- 33.1 0.6 ↑ 33.9 0.8 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 24.7 16.2 -8.5 ↓ -- 6.8 ↑ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 30.1 -- 30.4 0.3 ↑ 33.5 3.1 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 60.4 51.4 -9.0 ↓ -- 8.4 ↑ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 65.4 -- 63.9 -1.5 ↓ 67.7 3.8 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 175 .394 93 1 1.1 82 13 15.9
2017 Shifts 478 .352 264 5 1.9 214 51 23.8
2022 Shifts 448 .315 236 14 5.9 212 141 66.5
2023 Shades 454 .298 261 7 2.7 193 96 49.7
2024 Shades 570 .279 306 31 10.1 264 161 61.0
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2014 769 16.6 32.0% 1.4% 418 23.7 0.5% 12.7%
2015 624 16.3 37.7% 4.5% 373 23.3 7.8% 20.6%
2016 189 17.6 29.1% 4.2% 125 25.1 1.6% 28.8%
2017 609 16.9 27.4% 1.1% 252 23.5 0.4% 9.1%
2022 475 17.7 20.0% 5.9% 286 25.7 0.0% 24.8%
2023 481 15.8 34.5% 0.0% 261 20.2 0.0% 1.9%
2024 611 15.0 49.4% 0.2% 276 18.0 4.0% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution

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