Ariel Martínez (baseball)
Cuban baseball player (born 1996)
Baseball player
| Ariel Martínez | |
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 Martinez with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in 2023 | |
| Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – No. 2 | |
| Catcher / Left Fielder | |
| Born: (1996-05-28) May 28, 1996 (age 28) Matanzas, Cuba | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| NPB debut | |
| July 3, 2020, for the Chunichi Dragons | |
| NPB statistics (through 2023 season) | |
| Batting average | .261 |
| Home runs | 27 |
| Runs batted in | 110 |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Ariel Martínez Marrero (born May 28, 1996) is a Cuban professional baseball catcher for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in NPB for the Chunichi Dragons and the Cocodrilos de Matanzas in the Cuban National Series.
Professional career
Chunichi Dragons
On March 14, 2018, Martínez signed with the Chunichi Dragons on a developmental contract.[1] He spent the 2018 and 2019 seasons with Chunichi's farm team. On July 1, 2020, Martinez was given a full-time rostered deal and a new shirt number, 57.[2] Martínez notched 5 hits in 18 plate appearances for Chunichi in 2020.[3] The Cuban catcher Ariel Martinez shone again on Wednesday in Japanese baseball, when he hit a homer that led to the victory of the Chunichi Dragons over the Yakult Swallows. Playing left field, the versatile Martinez went 2-3, with a run scored and a walk, to leave his average at .333, and get the only run of the game, which ended 1-0 in favor of his team.[4] He became a free agent following the 2022 season.
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
On December 21, 2022, Martinez signed with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball.[5]
Personal life
Like most of the Cuban children from his generation, Ariel Martínez admires legendary Cuban catcher Ariel Pestano. One catcher that he likes to study and emulate his game off of is Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Pérez. He tries to watch film of him often and he definitely enjoys catching plenty of Kansas City Royals games on television when he can.[6]
References
- ^ "【中日】イケメン助っ人捕手のＡ・マルティネス、ニックネームは「田舎者」" (in Japanese). March 14, 2018. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "中日アリエル・マルティネス支配下契約へ キューバ出身24歳捕手「ドラゴンズに恩返しを」：中日スポーツ・東京中日スポーツ" [Chunichi's Ariel Martinez given full time-deal. The 24 y/o Cuban catcher says "I want to give back to the Dragons"]. 中日スポーツ・東京中日スポーツ (in Japanese). Retrieved July 2, 2020.
- ^ "Ariel Martínez Cuban, Independent & Japanese Leagues Statistics & History".
- ^ "Cuban Martinez shines again in Japanese baseball - Prensa Latina". May 11, 2022.
- ^ "Ariel "firma" con Luchadores y con el Clásico Mundial de Beisbol".
- ^ "NPB: Ariel Martínez, the next great Cuban catcher". June 26, 2020.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors), NPB
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Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters current roster
- 12 Kōta Yazawa
- 13 Tsubasa Nabatame
- 14 Takayuki Katoh
- 16 Kōta Tatsu
- 17 Hiromi Itoh
- 18 Sachiya Yamasaki
- 19 Taishō Tamai
- 20 Kenta Uehara
- 22 Toshihiro Sugiura
- 24 Shōma Kanemura
- 25 Naoki Miyanishi
- 26 Seigi Tanaka
- 28 Ryūsei Kawano
- 29 Haruki Hosono
- 31 Patrick Murphy
- 32 Yūta Kuroki
- 34 Mizuki Hori
- 40 Suguru Fukuda
- 41 Bryan Rodriguez
- 42 Aneurys Zabala
- 45 Drew VerHagen
- 46 Kyōsuke Kuroyanagi
- 47 Kenya Suzuki
- 48 Yukiya Saitoh
- 51 Naoya Ishikawa
- 52 Takahide Ikeda
- 54 Kanato Anzai
- 55 Keito Matsuura
- 57 Kōki Kitayama
- 59 Haruka Nemoto
- 60 Yōhei Kagiya
- 62 Haruki Miyauchi
- 63 Ryūji Kitaura
- 67 Takumi Yamamoto
- 93 Eito Tanaka
- 94 Ren Fukushima
- 95 Taisei Yanagawa
- 2 Ariel Martínez
- 10 Yūshi Shimizu
- 23 Torai Fushimi
- 27 Yūdai Furukawa
- 30 Yūya Gunji
- 33 Yūya Shintō
- 64 Yua Tamiya
- 98 Yūki Umebayashi
- 3 Gōsuke Katoh
- 4 Daigo Kamikawabata
- 5 Yūki Nomura
- 9 Takuya Nakashima
- 21 Kōtarō Kiyomiya
- 35 Kōki Fukuda
- 38 Kazunari Ishii
- 39 Naoki Arizono
- 43 Tatsuki Mizuno
- 44 Uta Sakaguchi
- 49 Akihiro Wakabayashi
- 56 Ryōhei Hosokawa
- 58 Taiki Narama
- 65 Ryōsuke Myōse
- 6 Andrew Stevenson
- 7 Gō Matsumoto
- 8 Daiki Asama
- 36 Kazuki Miyazaki
- 37 Taiga Egoshi
- 50 Ryōta Isobata
- 53 Shun Mizutani
- 61 Yūma Imagawa
- 66 Chūsei Mannami
- 68 Hinode Hoshino
- 99 Franmil Reyes
- 113 Yamato Katō (P)
- 114 Ryōdai Matsumoto (P)
- 115 Shinji Saitoh (P)
- 126 Terukazu Nakayama (P)
- 128 Kōdai Yamamoto (P)
- 137 Ren Kakigi (P)
- 168 Kōki Matsuoka (P)
- 196 Sun Yi-Lei (P)
- 111 Taiki Hamada (IF)
- 112 Daiju Hirata (OF)
- 124 Kazuhiro Abe (OF)
- 125 Taisei Fujita (OF)
- 127 Ataru Yamaguchi (OF)
coaching
- Manager: 1 Tsuyoshi Shinjō
- Head coach: 77 Takaya Hayashi
- Pitching coaches: 81 Yoshinori Tateyama, 82 Takeharu Katō, 73 Hisashi Takeda
- Batting coach: 89 Hiroshi Yagi
- Battery coach: 72 Katsuhiko Yamada
- Infield defense/base running coach: 85 Ryōta Yachi
- Outfield defense/base running coach: 80 Hichori Morimoto
- Data analysis/Base running coach: 79 Takenori Daita
coaching
- Manager: 90 Atsunori Inaba
- General pitching coach: 78 Masaji Shimizu
- Pitching coaches: 84 Takeshi Itoh, 91 Chihiro Kaneko, 83 Hiroshi Urano
- Batting coaches: 87 Tomoaki Satoh, 75 Tomoyuki Oda
- Infield defense/base running coach: 74 Manabu Iwadate
- Outfield defense/base running coach: 76 Toshimasa Konta
- Catcher instructor: Kiyoshi Yamanaka
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