# Seth Martinez
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{{Short description|American baseball player (born 1994)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name = Seth Martinez
|image =
|caption =
|team = Boston Red Sox
|number =
|position = [Pitcher](/source/Pitcher)
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|8|29}}
|birth_place = [Sierra Vista, Arizona](/source/Sierra_Vista%2C_Arizona), U.S.
|bats = Right
|throws = Right
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate = September 20
|debutyear = 2021
|debutteam = Houston Astros
|statleague = MLB
|statyear = 2025 season
|stat1label = [Win–loss record](/source/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching))
|stat1value = 6–6
|stat2label = [Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average)
|stat2value = 4.00
|stat3label = [Strikeout](/source/Strikeout)s
|stat3value = 126
|teams =
* [Houston Astros](/source/Houston_Astros) ({{mlby|2021}}–{{mlby|2024}})
* [Miami Marlins](/source/Miami_Marlins) ({{mlby|2025}})
|awards =
}}
'''Seth Antonio Martinez''' (born August 29, 1994) is an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) [pitcher](/source/pitcher) in the [Boston Red Sox](/source/Boston_Red_Sox) organization. He has previously played in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) (MLB) for the [Houston Astros](/source/Houston_Astros) and [Miami Marlins](/source/Miami_Marlins). From [Sierra Vista, Arizona](/source/Sierra_Vista%2C_Arizona), Martinez attended [Arizona State University](/source/Arizona_State_Sun_Devils_baseball), where he played [college baseball](/source/college_baseball). The [Oakland Athletics](/source/Oakland_Athletics) selected Martinez in the 17th round of the [2016 MLB draft](/source/2016_Major_League_Baseball_draft). Martinez remained in the Athletics organization until the Astros selected him in the 2020 [Rule 5 draft](/source/Rule_5_draft_results), and he made his MLB debut in 2021.
==Amateur career==
Martinez grew up in [Peoria, Arizona](/source/Peoria%2C_Arizona) and attended [Sunrise Mountain High School](/source/Sunrise_Mountain_High_School), where he played baseball and [golf](/source/golf).[{{cite news |url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/other/sun-devils-sign-seven-baseball-recruits |title=Sun Devils sign seven baseball recruits |website=[FOX Sports](/source/FOX_Sports) |date=November 15, 2012}}] Over three seasons, he posted a record of 19-4 with a 2.86 ERA and 172 strikeouts over 144 innings.[{{cite news |url=https://www.peoriatimes.com/sports/article_1cacdf64-38a5-11e6-a54e-4b8b09e50aff.html|title=Four former West Valley players selected in baseball draft |first=Darrell |last=Jackson |work=Peoria Times |date=June 24, 2016}}][{{Cite web |last=Cantú |first=Ángel |date=2024-06-22 |title=Reliever Seth Martinez finds key role in Astros bullpen |url=https://ouresquina.com/2024/reliever-seth-martinez-finds-key-role-in-astros-bullpen/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=Our Esquina}}] In his junior year, he threw a no-hitter in his junior season and was named to the second-team All State team.[{{cite web |last=Metcalfe |first=Jeff |date=March 4, 2015 |title=ASU's Seth Martinez earns promotion to No. 1 starter |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/college/asu/2015/03/04/asy-baseball-long-beach-state-pac12/24406483/ |work=[The Arizona Republic](/source/The_Arizona_Republic)}}] As a junior in 2016, Martinez went 9-4 with a 2.75 ERA and 94 strikeouts over {{Fraction|111|1|3}} innings pitched and was named to the first team All-[Pac-12 Conference](/source/Pac-12_Conference) and a second team All-American by Louisville Slugger.[{{cite web | last=Metcalfe | first=Jeff | title=ASU pitcher Seth Martinez selected in 17th round | website=The Arizona Republic | date=2016-06-11 | url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/college/asu/2016/06/10/four-asu-juniors-taken-rounds-5-10-mlb-draft/85720346/ | access-date=2024-10-27}}][{{Cite web |title=2016 Baseball Stats |url=https://thesundevils.com/documents/2017/3/26//2016_Stats.pdf?id=3940 |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=[Arizona State University Athletics](/source/Arizona_State_University_Athletics)}}]
==Professional career==
===Oakland Athletics===
Martinez was selected in the 17th round of the [2016 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft](/source/2016_Major_League_Baseball_draft) by the [Oakland Athletics](/source/2016_Oakland_Athletics_season). After signing, he was assigned to the [Arizona League Athletics](/source/Arizona_League_Athletics), where he pitched in three games. Martinez began the 2017 season with the [Low-A](/source/Class_A_Short_Season) [Vermont Lake Monsters](/source/Vermont_Lake_Monsters) before he was promoted to the Single-A [Beloit Snappers](/source/Beloit_Snappers) after one start. Martinez went 5–10 with a 3.49 ERA over {{fraction|95|1|3}} innings pitched with Beloit and returned to the team for the 2018 season. He converted to a full-time reliever in 2018,[{{cite web |last=Star |first=Bradley |date=August 7, 2018 |title=Martinez Adjusting To New Role And New Arsenal With A's |url=https://www.milb.com/beloit/news/martinez-adjusting-to-new-role-and-new-arsenal-with-a-s-289257358 |website=MiLB.com}}] leading the Snappers with 15 saves.[{{Cite web |title=2018 Beloit Snappers Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=c73f948e |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}] He began the 2019 season with the High-A [Stockton Ports](/source/Stockton_Ports) of the [California League](/source/California_League) and was promoted to the Double-A [Midland RockHounds](/source/Midland_RockHounds).[ He had a solid 2019 season, increasing his strikeouts and reducing his ERA against higher competition with a similar workload to 2018.][{{Cite web |date=2020-04-20 |title=Oakland Athletics: The unheralded Seth Martinez |url=https://whitecleatbeat.com/2020/04/20/oakland-athletics-unheralded-seth-martinez/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=White Cleat Beat |language=en-us}}] Martinez did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_baseball).[{{cite web | last=Adler | first=David | title=2020 Minor League Baseball season canceled | website=MLB.com | date=2020-06-30 | url=https://www.mlb.com/news/2020-minor-league-baseball-season-canceled | access-date=2024-10-23}}]
===Houston Astros===
On December 10, 2020, the [Houston Astros](/source/2021_Houston_Astros_season) selected Martinez in the minor league phase of the [Rule 5 draft](/source/Rule_5_draft)[{{Cite press release |title=Astros select two pitchers in Minor League Phase of Rule 5 Draft |date=December 10, 2020 |url=https://www.mlb.com/press-release/astros-select-two-pitchers-in-minor-league-phase-of-rule-5-draft |website=[MLB.com](/source/MLB.com)}}] and assigned him to the Triple-A [Sugar Land Skeeters](/source/Sugar_Land_Space_Cowboys) to start the 2021 season. He was called up for his MLB debut on September 20, 2021, when he pitched a scoreless ninth inning.[{{Cite web |date=September 20, 2021 |title=Seth Martinez pitches a scoreless 9th in MLB debut |url=https://www.mlb.com/video/seth-martinez-makes-mlb-debut |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=MLB.com}}] After another scoreless outing, his season ended poorly, allowing 5 runs the last inning of a blowout loss to Oakland.[{{Cite web |date=2021-09-24 |title=Matt Olson smacks a bases-clearing double to center |url=https://www.mlb.com/video/seth-martinez-in-play-run-s-to-matt-olson |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=MLB.com}}][{{Cite web |title=Seth Martinez 2021 Pitching Game Logs |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=martise01&t=p&year=2021 |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=Baseball-Reference.com}}]
In the [2022 season](/source/2022_Houston_Astros_season), Martinez joined the Astros near the end of April and worked as a long reliever. He threw {{Fraction|17|2|3}} scoreless innings to start his season before allowing a game-winning 10th inning home run to [Aaron Judge](/source/Aaron_Judge).[{{Cite web |title=Seth Martinez 2022 Pitching Game Logs |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=martise01&t=p&year=2022 |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}][{{Cite web |title=Houston Astros vs New York Yankees Box Score: June 26, 2022 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA202206260.shtml |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=Baseball-Reference.com}}][{{Cite web |last=Hoch |first=Brian |date=June 27, 2022 |title=Back-to-back no-hitters? Yanks object, Judge walks it off |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/aaron-judge-hits-walk-off-home-run-vs-astros?game_pk=661273 |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=MLB.com}}] Martinez posted a 2.48 ERA over {{frac|32|2|3}} innings through August 13, when he was demoted back to Triple-A.[{{cite news |last=Rome |first=Chandler |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/astros/article/Seth-Martinez-Astros-optioned-Class-AAA-17371817.php |title=Seth Martinez a victim to numbers game with Astros |work=[Houston Chronicle](/source/Houston_Chronicle) |date=August 13, 2022 |access-date=August 14, 2022}}] On August 25, the Astros recalled Martinez from Sugar Land.[{{cite magazine |last=Van Doren |first=Kenneth |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/astros/news/houston-astros-place-ryan-pressly-injured-list-kyle-tucker-foot-injury |title=Injury roundup: Houston Astros place Pressly on injured list, list Tucker day-to-day |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=August 26, 2022 |access-date=August 28, 2022}}] He earned his first major league win on September 15, after tossing a scoreless inning against the [Athletics](/source/2022_Oakland_Athletics_season).[{{cite news |last=Lerner |first=Danielle |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/astros/article/Lance-McCullers-Jr-Aledmys-Diaz-Houston-Astros-17445500.php#photo-22935159 |title=Lance McCullers Jr., Aledmys Díaz lead Astros past A's |work=Houston Chronicle |date=September 15, 2022 |access-date=September 16, 2022}}] In his rookie season, he was 1–1 with a 2.09 ERA in 29 games, pitching {{frac|38|2|3}} innings.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/martise01.shtml|title=Seth Martinez stats, height, weight, position, rookie status & more |website=[Baseball-Reference.com](/source/Baseball-Reference.com)}}] He did not pitch in the postseason but was part of the [Astros' World Series](/source/2022_World_Series) ring ceremony the following year.[{{Cite web |last=Diaz |first=Yusseff |date=2023-04-03 |title=Seth Martínez : "Our goal is to go back to back." |url=https://cubanbaseballdigest.com/2023/04/03/seth-martinez-our-goal-is-to-go-back-to-back/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=The Cuban Baseball Digest |language=en-US}}]
Martinez again split time between the majors and Triple-A in 2023. He earned his first major league save on June 25, pitching in the 11th inning of a win over the [Los Angeles Dodgers](/source/Los_Angeles_Dodgers).[{{Cite web |title=MLB Gameday: Astros 6, Dodgers 5 Final Score (06/25/2023) |url=https://www.mlb.com/gameday/astros-vs-dodgers/2023/06/25/717615/final/wrap |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=MLB.com}}] He had a 2–3 record and 5.23 ERA in 43 innings for the Astros, pitching more than 1 inning in 11 of his 35 MLB games.[{{Cite web |title=Seth Martinez 2023 Pitching Game Logs |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=martise01&t=p&year=2023 |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=Baseball-Reference.com}}] He had better results for the Skeeters, with a 2.25 ERA in 19 games.[{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=martin000set |title=Seth Martinez amateur, college & minor leagues statistics |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=October 19, 2024}}]
===Miami Marlins===
On November 4, 2024, Martinez was claimed off waivers by the [Arizona Diamondbacks](/source/Arizona_Diamondbacks).[{{Cite web |last=Polishuk |first=Mark |date=2024-11-04 |title=Diamondbacks Claim Seth Martinez |url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/11/diamondbacks-claim-seth-martinez.html |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=MLB Trade Rumors }}] Martinez was [designated for assignment](/source/designated_for_assignment) by the Diamondbacks on February 17, 2025.[{{Cite press release |title=D-backs agree to terms with Kendall Graveman |date=February 17, 2025 |url=https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-d-backs-agree-to-terms-with-kendall-graveman |access-date=February 17, 2025 |website=MLB.com}}] On February 20, Martinez was claimed off waivers by the [Miami Marlins](/source/Miami_Marlins).[{{cite news |title=Marlins claim right-handed reliever Seth Martinez off waivers |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/43940466/marlins-claim-right-handed-reliever-seth-martinez-waivers |access-date=February 20, 2025 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=ESPN.com |date=February 20, 2025}}] On February 27, Miami designated him for assignment after they acquired [Brett de Geus](/source/Brett_de_Geus).[{{Cite web|title=Marlins Claim Brett de Geus, Desigate Seth Martinez For Assignment|url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/02/marlins-claim-brett-de-geus-desigate-seth-martinez-for-assignment.html|access-date=February 27, 2025|website=mlbtraderumors.com}}] On March 2, Martinez was claimed off waivers by the [Seattle Mariners](/source/Seattle_Mariners).[{{Cite web|title=Mariners Claim Seth Martinez|url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/03/mariners-claim-seth-martinez.html|access-date=March 2, 2025|website=mlbtraderumors.com}}] However, he was claimed back off waivers by Miami on March 15.[{{Cite web|title=Marlins Claim Seth Martinez|url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/03/marlins-claim-seth-martinez-2.html|access-date=March 15, 2025|website=mlbtraderumors.com|language=en}}] Martinez was designated for assignment following the acquisition of [Tyler Phillips](/source/Tyler_Phillips) on March 26.[{{Cite web|title=Marlins Designate Seth Martinez For Assignment|url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/03/marlins-designate-seth-martinez-for-assignment.html|access-date=March 26, 2025|website=mlbtraderumors.com|language=en}}] He cleared waivers and was sent outright to the Triple-A [Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp](/source/Jacksonville_Jumbo_Shrimp).[{{Cite web|title=Marlins Outright Seth Martinez|url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/03/marlins-outright-seth-martinez.html|access-date=March 30, 2025|website=mlbtraderumors.com|language=en}}] In 41 appearances for Jacksonville, Martinez compiled a 3-2 record and 3.71 ERA with 54 strikeouts and eight saves across {{fraction|43|2|3}} innings pitched. On August 27, the Marlins selected Martinez's contract, adding him to their active roster.[{{Cite web|title=Marlins Select Seth Martinez|url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/08/marlins-janson-junk-injured-select-seth-martinez.html|access-date=August 27, 2025|website=mlbtraderumors.com|language=en}}] In six appearances for Miami, he recorded a 5.40 ERA with four strikeouts across {{fraction|6|2|3}} innings pitched. Martinez was designated for assignment by the Marlins on September 11.[{{Cite web|title=Marlins Designate Seth Martinez For Assignment|url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/09/marlins-designate-seth-martinez-for-assignment-2.html|access-date=September 11, 2025|website=mlbtraderumors.com|language=en}}] He elected free agency after clearing waivers on September 13.[{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Steve |date=September 15, 2025 |title=Seth Martinez Clears Waivers, Elects Free Agency |url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/09/seth-martinez-clears-waivers-elects-free-agency.html |access-date=2025-11-26 |website=MLB Trade Rumors |language=en-US}}]
===Boston Red Sox===
On January 9, 2026, Martinez signed a minor league contract with the [Boston Red Sox](/source/Boston_Red_Sox).[{{Cite web |last=Franco |first=Anthony |date=January 9, 2026 |title=Red Sox, Seth Martinez Agree To Minor League Deal |url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/01/red-sox-seth-martinez-agree-to-minor-league-deal.html#:~:text=The%20Red%20Sox%20agreed%20to,relief%20corps%20from%202022%2D24 |access-date=2026-01-11 |website=MLB Trade Rumors |language=en-US}}]
==Personal life==
Martinez's parents are Bobby and Kelly Martinez. He has one sister, Taylor.[{{Cite web |title=Seth Martinez - Baseball |url=https://thesundevils.com/sports/baseball/roster/seth-martinez/3203 |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=[Arizona State University Athletics](/source/Arizona_State_University_Athletics)}}] His father was a high school baseball coach.