Francisco Martinez – MLB Trade Rumors https://www.mlbtraderumors.com Fri, 23 May 2014 18:01:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Tigers Outright Francisco Martinez https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/05/tigers-outright-francisco-martinez.html https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/05/tigers-outright-francisco-martinez.html#respond Fri, 23 May 2014 17:39:32 +0000 http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/?p=38319 The Tigers announced that they have outrighted the contract of minor league infielder Francisco Martinez off the 40-man roster in order to clear a spot for right-hander Corey Knebel, whose contract has officially been selected from Triple-A Toledo (Twitter link).

Martinez, 23, has batted .228/.282/.298 for Double-A Erie this season. The Venezuelan infielder/outfielder was originally signed by the Tigers but found himself traded to Seattle alongside Casper Wells, Charlie Furbush and Chance Ruffin in the trade that sent Doug Fister and David Pauley to the Tigers. Detroit re-acquired Martinez in exchange for a player to be named later last summer.

Knebel, 22, was the 39th overall pick in last year’s draft and will make his big league debut less than 12 months after being selected. The University of Texas alum has utterly dominated the minor leagues in a relief role to this point, registering a 0.90 ERA with 12.2 K/9 and 3.4 BB/9 in 50 innings across three levels. Baseball America ranked the power right-hander — whose fastball can touch 98 mph — sixth among Tigers prospects heading into the season.

]]> 0 Tigers Acquire Francisco Martinez, Designate Berry https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/06/tigers-acquire-francisco-martinez.html https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/06/tigers-acquire-francisco-martinez.html#respond Sun, 02 Jun 2013 10:02:01 +0000 http://localhost/mlbtraderumors/2013/06/tigers-acquire-francisco-martinez.html The Tigers announced that the club has acquired outfielder/third baseman Francisco Martinez from the Mariners in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations by June 15.  To make room for Martinez on the roster, the club has designated Quintin Berry for assignment.

Martinez, 22, was sent to the Mariners as part of the six-player trade that brought Doug Fister to the Tigers around the 2011 trade deadline.  Martinez, who has hit .255/.309/.355 in parts of three seasons at Double-A, will report to Single-A Lakeland.

Berry, 28, has been with Detroit’s Triple-A affiliate this season with a slash line of .168/.278/.234.  The former fifth-round choice had 330 plate appearances for the Tigers last season and hit .258/.330/.354 with two homers.

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