The Diamondbacks introduced that right-hander Seth Martinez was claimed off waivers from the Astros. It hadn’t been publicly reported that Martinez had been designated for task, however the 30-year-old reliever will now change groups for the second time in his profession.
Chosen away from the Athletics within the 2020 Rule 5 Draft, all 137 1/3 of Martinez’s profession large league innings have are available a Houston uniform. The righty has a profession 3.93 ERA, 20.7% strikeout price, and 9.2% stroll price, and his 2024 numbers included a 3.59 ERA, 16.2K%, and eight.1% stroll price in 52 2/3 frames. Martinez spent many of the season on the Astros’ large league roster, although after the All-Star break, Houston shuttled him forwards and backwards from Triple-A on a number of events.
Martinez is now out of minor league choices, which in all probability tied into the Astros’ resolution to place the right-hander on waivers. Although he hasn’t but reached arbitration eligibility and is underneath staff management by 2028, the Astros felt snug transferring on from Martinez, leaving Arizona in a position to decide up a controllable reliever for its bullpen combine.
There’s no threat for the D’Backs in having a look at Martinez throughout Spring Coaching, and for now the membership at the least has a placeholder of a reliever in place as they give the impression of being to remake their bullpen. Arizona’s aid corps was a weak hyperlink for the staff in 2024, and Martinez represents the kind of lower-cost reliever that GM Mike Hazen has tended to focus on throughout his time operating the Diamondbacks’ entrance workplace.
