Nick Martinez

Bats L Throws R6'1" 200 lbBorn 1990 Miami, USADebut 2014Team CIN1x All-StarDraft 2011 R18 #564 Texas Rangers, FordhamContract 1 y/$13M (26)+27 m opt 2026: $9,000,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	522	17.5	6.0	2.86	20.1	6.77	102.8
2027							101.9
2028							101.9

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 34

His ten closest age-34 comparables averaged 89 PITCH+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Kyle Lohse	2013	100.1	104.3	817
2	J. A. Happ	2017	100.4	107.2	733
3	Mark Hendrickson	2008	97.1	95.5	457
4	Alfredo Simon	2015	95.1	65.8	298
5	Charlie Morton	2018	97.7	114.7	790
6	Jorge De La Rosa	2015	99.3	89.1	614
7	Ervin Santana	2017	101.4	65.5	114
8	Wade LeBlanc	2019	94.3	85.4	103
9	Jeff Samardzija	2019	102.0	75.6	77
10	Ryan Vogelsong	2012	102.1	83.4	467

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	CIN	40	0	0	0	0
2024	CIN	42	0	0	0	0
2023	SD	63	0	0	0	0
2022	SD	47	0	0	0	0
2017	TEX	23	2	0	1	1	0.000	0.500	0.000	0.500	113.2
2016	TEX	12	2	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-129.0
2015	TEX	24	4	2	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-127.0
2014	TEX	32	3	1	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-129.2
Career		283	11	3	1	5	0.000	0.091	0.000	0.091	-84.3

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									522				101.9
2026*									574				105.8	99.5	105.2
2025	CIN	11	14	4.45	40	26	0	165.7	683	22	42	116	99.8	100.5	100.3
2024	CIN	10	7	3.10	42	16	0	142.3	570	13	18	116	113.7	100.6	114.3
2023	SD	6	4	3.43	63	9	1	110.3	461	12	40	106	108.2	98.8	107.0
2022	SD	4	4	3.47	47	10	8	106.3	448	15	41	95	97.1	97.5	94.6
2017	TEX	3	8	5.66	23	18	0	111.3	478	26	28	67	92.9	97.6	90.5
2016	TEX	2	3	5.59	12	5	0	38.7	179	8	19	16	79.7	100.1	79.8
2015	TEX	7	7	3.96	24	21	0	125.0	558	16	46	77	91.2	99.3	90.4
2014	TEX	5	12	4.55	29	24	0	140.3	610	18	55	77	87.2
Career		48	59	4.16	280	129	9	940.0	3987	130	289	670	97.6		97.0

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA
2017	2					75.0	16.7	0.000	0.000	0.346
2016	2	71.2	-14.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	0.034	0.041	0.034
2015	4	89.6	39.1	0.0	0.0	40.0	50.0	0.006	0.011	0.006

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CIN	P	40	166	11	11	1	0	0.957	+0.4
2024	CIN	P	42	142	10	15	3	1	0.893	+0.4
2023	SD	P	63	110	8	13	2	1	0.913	-0.7
2022	SD	P	47	106	13	11	3	2	0.889	-1.4
2017	TEX	P	23	111	10	9	2	0	0.905	-1.4
2016	TEX	P	12	39	1	3	0	1	1.000	+0.0
2015	TEX	P	24	125	6	13	4	2	0.826	-0.5
2014	TEX	P	29	140	11	11	0	1	1.000

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2017	AAA	Round Rock Express	Pit	149	37.2 IP, 15% K	2.18
2016	AAA	Round Rock Express	Pit	415	99.0 IP, 16% K	3.91
2016	AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Pit	23	6.0 IP, 30% K	3.00
2015	AAA	Round Rock Express	Pit	125	31.0 IP, 14% K	2.90
2014	AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Pit	44	9.2 IP, 20% K	1.96
2013	AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Pit	112	32.0 IP, 21% K	1.12
2013	A+	Myrtle Beach Pelicans	Pit	499	119.1 IP, 21% K	2.87
2012	A	Hickory Crawdads	Pit	503	117.1 IP, 22% K	4.84
2011	Rk	AZL Rangers	Pit	82	19.2 IP, 23% K	1.88

Splits

Year	vs RHP	Away
2017	0.350	0.350
2016	0.000	0.000
2015	0.000	0.000

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason pitching

Year	L	ERA	G	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2025	0	270.00	1	0.1	4	0	1	0	50.00
2022	1	0.82	7	11.0	3	1	1	11	0.36
Career	1	3.24	8	11.1	7	1	2	11	0.81

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2015	TEX	$515,000

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.