Justin Martinez

Justin Martinez

23-Year-Old PitcherRP
Arizona Diamondbacks
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Martinez struggled in his first exposure to the big leagues in 2023 and failed to break camp with the Diamondbacks last spring. The 23-year-old missed plenty of bats in the minors, striking out 14 across 6.2 innings for Triple-A Reno last year before his recall in late-April. Martinez still had trouble throwing strikes in the majors, but worked around his 11.7 percent walk rate to produce a solid 2.48 ERA over 72.2 innings. The flamethrower walked 36 to inflate his WHIP (1.31), but his splitter was absolutely devastating (.098 BAA, .122 SLG), generating a 54 percent whiff rate that was 3rd-highest in the league for that pitch type. He also averaged 100.3 mph on his sinker while inducing ground balls at a 60 percent clip. Martinez's ascension to the back-end of Arizona's bullpen was no surprise and he racked up eight of the team's 13 saves after Aug 1. He enters 2025 as the presumed favorite for saves in Arizona, but closing is no guarantee due to the traffic he allows. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a five-year, $18 million contract extension with the Diamondbacks in March of 2025. Contract includes a $7 million club option for 2030 and a $9 million club option for 2031.
Makes season debut
PArizona Diamondbacks
March 30, 2025
Martinez pitched a scoreless ninth inning in Saturday's 4-3 loss to the Cubs.
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Martinez made his season debut, entering the top of the ninth inning with Arizona down 4-1. None of the four balls in play he allowed left the infield, and only a fielding error by Martinez extended what could have been a 1-2-3 frame. The right-hander inked a five-year extension late in spring training and is expected to pitch in high-leverage situations, potentially splitting closing duties with A.J. Puk.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
14
Last 10 Games
14
Last 5 Games
14
How many pitches does Justin Martinez generally throw?
 
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121+
 
1-10
 
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121+
 
1-10
 
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121+
What part of the game does Justin Martinez generally pitch?
 
 
 
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
 
 
-10%
BAA vs RHP
2025
 
 
-100%
BAA vs LHP
2024
Even Split
2023
 
 
-57%
BAA vs RHP
BAA Batters K BB H 2B 3B HR
Since 2023vs Left .248 155 46 29 31 7 1 2
Since 2023vs Right .222 218 61 18 43 5 1 2
2025vs Left .000 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
2025vs Right .400 5 0 0 2 0 0 0
2024vs Left .221 127 39 22 23 5 0 1
2024vs Right .221 181 52 14 36 5 1 1
2023vs Left .444 25 5 7 8 2 1 1
2023vs Right .192 32 9 4 5 0 0 1
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
 
 
-11%
ERA on Road
2025
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2024
 
 
-21%
ERA at Home
2023
 
 
-51%
ERA on Road
ERA WHIP IP W L SV K/9 BB/9 HR/9
Since 2023Home 3.86 1.34 39.2 4 3 2 10.4 3.9 0.2
Since 2023Away 3.43 1.52 44.2 2 3 7 12.3 6.0 0.6
2025Home 0.00 1.20 1.2 1 0 0 10.8 0.0 0.0
2025Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Home 2.16 1.20 33.1 3 3 2 10.0 3.0 0.0
2024Away 2.75 1.40 39.1 2 3 6 12.4 5.7 0.5
2023Home 17.36 2.36 4.2 0 0 0 13.5 11.6 1.9
2023Away 8.44 2.44 5.1 0 0 1 11.8 8.4 1.7
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Stat Review
How does Justin Martinez compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • K/BB
    Strikeout to walk ratio.
  • K/9
    Average strikeouts per nine innings.
  • BB/9
    Average walks per nine innings.
  • HR/9
    Average home runs allowed per nine innings.
  • Fastball
    Average fastball velocity.
  • ERA
    Earned run average. The average earned runs allowed per nine innings.
  • WHIP
    Walks plus hits per inning pitched.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many balls in play against a pitcher go for hits.
  • GB/FB
    Groundball to flyball ratio. The higher the number, the more likely a pitcher is to induce groundballs.
  • Left On Base
    The percentage of base runners that a pitcher strands on base over the course of a season.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Barrels/BBE
    The percentage of batted ball events resulting in a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Spin Rate
    Spin Rate is the rate of spin on a baseball after it is released. It is measured in revolutions per minute (rpm).
  • Balls Hit 95+ MPH
    The percentage of batted balls hit that met or exceeded the 95 MPH threshold.
  • Swinging Strike
    The percentage of pitches that result in a swing and a miss.
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K/9
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HR/9
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Fastball
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ERA
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WHIP
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BABIP
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GB/FB
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Left On Base
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Exit Velocity
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Barrels/BBE
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Spin Rate
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Balls Hit 95+ MPH
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Swinging Strike
22.2%
 
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Inks five-year extension
PArizona Diamondbacks
March 21, 2025
Martinez signed a five-year, $18 million contract extension with the Diamondbacks on Friday, Alex D'Agostino of SI.com reports.
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Touched for two runs
PArizona Diamondbacks
March 21, 2025
Martinez allowed two runs on two hits and struck out one over one inning in Thursday's spring game against the Athletics.
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Manager doesn't plan to name closer
PArizona Diamondbacks
March 19, 2025
Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Wednesday that he probably won't name a closer at the start of the season and instead will play matchups with Martinez and others, Alex Weiner of ArizonaSports.com reports.
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Works clean inning
PArizona Diamondbacks
March 18, 2025
Martinez struck out two over one inning in Monday's Cactus League game against the Royals.
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Squelches fourth-inning jam
PArizona Diamondbacks
March 12, 2025
Martinez threw a scoreless two-thirds of an inning in Tuesday's spring game against Kansas City.
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