Pitching
The Free Agents hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! Martin has no endurance. He's good for an inning an outing, tops. When you throw a curveball, it better break. Hanging curves equal earned runs in this league, you just can't get away with them. Unfortunately, Martin's curveball tends to hang. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. Martin does a very poor job of holding baserunners because of his deliberate move to home plate. Martin is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Martin has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Martin as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2014 Outlook
But if you ask me, I'll pass on Martin.

          -- Moostard Nyman