- Fernando Martínez (baseball)
Infobox MLB player
width = 150
name=Fernando Martínez
position=Outfielder
team=Binghamton Mets
number=19
bats=Left
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1988|10|10|Rio San Juan, DRJesus Fernando Martínez Álvarez (born
October 10 ,1988 in Rio San Juan,Dominican Republic ) is a highly toutedoutfielder in theNew York Mets minor league system, currently playing for AA Binghamton. He measures 6'0", and weighs 185 pounds. He bats left-handed and throws right-handed. Martínez is considered by many to be a potential 5-tool player at the major league level.The Mets signed Martínez at the age of 16 on July 11, 2005. Mets general manager
Omar Minaya , known for his ability to attract Latin American talent to the Mets, lured Martínez with a signing bonus of $1.4 million. [ [http://www.metsgeek.com/articles/2005/07/11/fernando-martinez-revealed-2/ Mets Geek » Blog Archive » Fernando Martinez: Revealed! ] ] Minaya said of the signing "What we saw in [Martinez] was a 16-year-old kid with power, great ability and great character, above everything else.”Martínez has played center field for Double-A Binghamton since the 2007 season. He was selected to both the 2007 and 2008 All-Star Futures Games.
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Baseball America " named him as the Mets Number One Prospect for 2007.Martínez is often referred to as "F-Mart" and the "Teenage Hitting Machine," a nickname coined by sportswriter
Ken Rosenthal .References
*http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=381&p=8&c=1&yr=2006&nid=2163085
*http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070225&content_id=1815081&vkey=news_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym
*http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/features/263075.html
*http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/features/265152.htmlExternal links
*Baseballstats |mlb=494686 |espn=|br=|fangraphs=$09929|cube=m/fernando-martinez
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