2023 Stats
W-L
0-1
ERA
1.32
WHIP
0.95
K
9
SV
0
Rest-of-Season 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
Picks up hold
Martin retired all three batters he faced in the eighth inning for a hold in Saturday's 4-2 win over San Diego.
ANALYSIS
Martin has excelled since returning from the injured list earlier this month. Saturday's effort was his fifth hold in six scoreless outings since May 1, during which the right-hander has allowed three hits and one walk while striking out seven.
Martin has excelled since returning from the injured list earlier this month. Saturday's effort was his fifth hold in six scoreless outings since May 1, during which the right-hander has allowed three hits and one walk while striking out seven.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
13
Last 10 Games
13
Last 5 Games
10
How many pitches does Chris Martin generally throw?
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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 2021
-7%
BAA vs RHP
2023
-29%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2021vs Left | .263 | 48 | 9 | 52 | 5 | |||
| Since 2021vs Right | .244 | 68 | 4 | 58 | 6 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .261 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .185 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 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 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-18%
ERA at Home
2023
-100%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2021Home | 2.85 | 0.93 | 53.2 | 8.9 | 1.2 | ||||
| Since 2021Away | 3.49 | 1.23 | 59.1 | 9.6 | 0.9 | ||||
| 2023Home | 0.00 | 1.17 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 3.0 | ||||
| 2023Away | 2.35 | 0.78 | 7.2 | 4.7 | 0.0 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
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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
4.50K/9
5.9BB/9
1.3HR/9
0.7Fastball
95.0 mphERA
1.32WHIP
0.95BABIP
.253GB/FB
2.50Left On Base
94.8%Exit Velocity
79.9 mphBarrels/BBE
1.4%Spin Rate
2129 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
20.5%Swinging Strike
8.8%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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Makes quick work for hold
Martin retired all three batters faced in the eighth inning of Friday's 5-3 win over Philadelphia.
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Back from injured list
Martin (shoulder) was activated from the 15-day injured list Sunday, Mac Cerullo of the Boston Herald reports.
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Will be activated Sunday
Martin (shoulder) will come off the injured list before Sunday's game against the Guardians, Christopher Smith of The Springfield Republican reports.
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Could be activated Sunday
Martin (shoulder) could be activated Sunday if he checks out OK after Friday's rehab outing, Christoper Smith of MassLive.com reports.
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Rehab appearance pushed back
Martin (shoulder) will make his rehab debut Friday instead of Thursday due to a stomach bug, Julian McWilliams of The Boston Globe reports.
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