One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .422 expected average against them, against .228 on his offspeed pitches.
83 of his breaking balls thrown.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Martinez's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 91.3 mph, against 82.5 off his changeup.
315 and 650 of them thrown.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 30% of the contact Martinez gives up is hit hard, 87th percentile.
668 pitches in 2026. 87th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 70th in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Martinez is weak: 86.1 mph off the bat on average, 80th percentile.
668 pitches in 2026. 80th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 107th in MLB.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Martinez lives in the strike zone: 47.1% of his pitches are in it, 87th percentile.
668 pitches in 2026. 87th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 71st in MLB.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Martinez averages 86.8 mph across his arsenal, 16th percentile in the league.
668 pitches in 2026. 16th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 452nd in MLB.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 84.6 mph off the bat against Martinez and left-handers 87.8.
248 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 336 from left-handers.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Martinez projects a .308 average, 67th percentile.
668 pitches in 2026. 67th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 177th in MLB.
His ball is straighter than it should be
Martinez's stuff spins at 2,171 rpm, 32nd percentile in the league.
668 pitches in 2026. 32nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 368th in MLB.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Martinez has given up 22 tracked home runs, 11 of them to right field, the longest 433 feet.
22 tracked home runs allowed in 2026.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
42.3% of the balls put in play against Martinez have gone to centre field.
247 of 584 located batted balls allowed.
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One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .422 expected average against them, against .228 on his offspeed pitches.
83 of his breaking balls thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Martinez's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 91.3 mph, against 82.5 off his changeup.
315 and 650 of them thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
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Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 30% of the contact Martinez gives up is hit hard, 87th percentile.
668 pitches in 2026. 87th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 70th in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Martinez is weak: 86.1 mph off the bat on average, 80th percentile.
668 pitches in 2026. 80th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 107th in MLB.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Martinez projects a .308 average, 67th percentile.
668 pitches in 2026. 67th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 177th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Martinez lives in the strike zone: 47.1% of his pitches are in it, 87th percentile.
668 pitches in 2026. 87th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 71st in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Martinez averages 86.8 mph across his arsenal, 16th percentile in the league.
668 pitches in 2026. 16th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 452nd in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 84.6 mph off the bat against Martinez and left-handers 87.8.
248 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 336 from left-handers.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Martinez has given up 22 tracked home runs, 11 of them to right field, the longest 433 feet.
22 tracked home runs allowed in 2026.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
42.3% of the balls put in play against Martinez have gone to centre field.
247 of 584 located batted balls allowed.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
His ball is straighter than it should be
Martinez's stuff spins at 2,171 rpm, 32nd percentile in the league.
668 pitches in 2026. 32nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 368th in MLB.
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