Angel Martínez #1

ANGEL KEVIN MARTÍNEZ (MEJIA)...Son of former MLB catcher Sandy Martínez, who appeared in 218 Major League games from 1995-2004 with six ML teams, appearing mainly in Toronto, 1995-97...Spent 2004 season in AAA Buffalo and appeared in one game with the Indians in June 2004 before being traded to Terry Francona’s Red Sox in September...Overall played 17 professional seasons, 1991-2007...Favorite players growing up were José Reyes and Ronald Acuña Jr...Played point guard playing basketball growing up.

2023

Split the season between Akron and Columbus...At 21 he was five years younger than the average Triple-A player...His combined 79 RBI were third-most in the Guardians PD system, he was second in hits (132) and third in total bases(207)...Named an org. All-Star by MLB.com...Did not face a pitcher younger than him for the second straight year...Promoted to Columbus a pair of times in August after spending the first four months of the season in Akron...At the time of his first promotion, he was T5th in the Eastern League in RBI (56) and hits (90)...Enjoyed a 12-game hit streak in May for Akron and a 15-game on-base streak in July...Combined on the year he made 56 starts at second base, 38 at third and 32 at SS (10 at DH), hit .303 (43-for-142) off LHP with an OPS of .890 and .303 with RISP...Appeared in five games for Estrellas in the LIDOM (DR) after the season.

2022

Split the season between High-A Lake County and AA Akron, batting a combined .278 (101-for-363) with 23 2B, four 3B, 13 HR, 44 RBI and 12 SB in 101 games (.378/.471/.849)…Ranked second in the system in qualified batting average, fourth in OPS and fifth in on-base pct...Spent most of year at Lake County before being promoted to Akron on 8/20...Did not face a pitcher younger than him all season and was the 10th-youngest player to appear in the EL in 2022...Hit in 13 straight games, Jul. 4-Aug. 6, and reached in 27 straight games, June 26-Aug. 18, around a brief stint on the IL (left shoulder strain, DNP 7/13-26)…Overall on the year he appeared in 54 games at SS, 23 games at 2B and four games at third base...On year hit .299 (32-107) off LHP (11 XBH)…Entered 2022 ranked as the #10 prospect in Cleveland system....After the season batted .260 (19-for-73) with two HR and 14 RBI in 21 games in the Arizona League (Peoria).

2021

One of just nine teenagers playing every day in the Low-A East in 2021...Spent year at Single-A Lynch-burg at just 19 years of age, 2.3 years below the league average...Was T-fourth in the Low-A East in triples (six).