Martinez Spurns MLB and Signs with Japan's Nippon Ham Fighters!

[moonslav59]

MLBTR reports...

 

Martinez To Sign With Japan’s Nippon Ham Fighters

By Connor Byrne | January 6, 2018 at 5:22pm CDT

 

Right-hander Nick Martinez has agreed to a $1.8MM deal with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in Japan, according to Jon Heyman of FanRag (Twitter link). Martinez revealed that he turned down multiple major league offers before heading to Japan, per Sponichi (h/t: Kazuto Yamazaki of Beyond the Box Score, on Twitter).

 

The 27-year-old Martinez had been on the market since the Rangers non-tendered him Dec. 1. Martinez otherwise would have been in line to collect a projected $2MM in arbitration. As it stands, Texas has been the only major league organization for Martinez, whom the team chose in the 18th round of the 2011 draft.

 

Martinez ended up exceeding the 100-inning mark in 2014, ’15 and ’17 with the Rangers, though a lack of strikeouts and groundballs helped lead to run prevention issues in the majors. In all, he worked to a 4.77 ERA/5.36 FIP with 5.14 K/9, 3.21 BB/9 and a 39.8 percent grounder rate over 415 1/3 innings before immigrating to Asia. Martinez was worth minus-0.2 fWAR during his Texas tenure, which he wrapped up with a replacement-level 2017 that consisted of 111 1/3 frames of 5.66 ERA/5.80 FIP ball.

[a700hitter]

Moon, thanks for the fake out. LOL!! I thought the headline was about JD.

[Spudboy]

Lol.

 

Good one Moon.

 

Lol.

[Hitch]

Haha!

[moonslav59]

We need a good laugh with all this endless boredom.

[Kimmi]

We need a good laugh with all this endless boredom.

 

That was cold Moon. Good one though!

[Jack Flap]

Good one!

[notin]

I knew this thread was fraudulent when I saw the word "signs"...

[a700hitter]

I knew this thread was fraudulent when I saw the word "signs"...

But you clicked on it to make sure... right?

[notin]

But you clicked on it to make sure... right?

 

Ummm... no. I clicked to reply and make the joke about how there is no activity this off-season...

[a700hitter]

Ummm... no. I clicked to reply and make the joke about how there is no activity this off-season...

I clicked for confirmation. It was easier than going to an independent site.

[cp176]

I saw the post somewhere else before Moon posted it so I'm not giving him humor points for that. lol Now if he was a fan of another team say our illustrious Yankee and Mariners fan - that would have been different.

[moonslav59]

I knew this thread was fraudulent when I saw the word "signs"...

 

The word "signs" was in the actual headline.

[mvp 78]

Posts like this should be cause for 7 day ban.

 

1. Title is clickbait.

 

2. Post is not in the correct forum.

[moonslav59]

Posts like this should be cause for 7 day ban.

 

1. Title is clickbait.

 

2. Post is not in the correct forum.

 

If I am to be banned, please do it now, while there's nothing to talk about anyways!

[a700hitter]

If I am to be banned, please do it now, while there's nothing to talk about anyways!

Good strategy. Don't appeal the ban.

[mvp 78]

Good strategy. Don't appeal the ban.

 

The following 24 hrs would be the greatest offseason baseball talk the Sox have ever had. DD would see the ban and realize it was now time to strike obv.

[a700hitter]

The following 24 hrs would be the greatest offseason baseball talk the Sox have ever had. DD would see the ban and realize it was now time to strike obv.

LOL!! Moon would have to come back under a fake account.

[mvp 78]

LOL!! Moon would have to come back under a fake account.

 

CurtGowdysGansett

[notin]

Eh.

 

When I used to post at ESPN using this same moniker, one of the most oft-recurring jokes was to credit false MLB rumors to http://www.petergammons.org

[SCM33]

MLBTR reports...

 

Martinez To Sign With Japan’s Nippon Ham Fighters

By Connor Byrne | January 6, 2018 at 5:22pm CDT

 

Right-hander Nick Martinez has agreed to a $1.8MM deal with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in Japan, according to Jon Heyman of FanRag (Twitter link). Martinez revealed that he turned down multiple major league offers before heading to Japan, per Sponichi (h/t: Kazuto Yamazaki of Beyond the Box Score, on Twitter).

 

The 27-year-old Martinez had been on the market since the Rangers non-tendered him Dec. 1. Martinez otherwise would have been in line to collect a projected $2MM in arbitration. As it stands, Texas has been the only major league organization for Martinez, whom the team chose in the 18th round of the 2011 draft.

 

Martinez ended up exceeding the 100-inning mark in 2014, ’15 and ’17 with the Rangers, though a lack of strikeouts and groundballs helped lead to run prevention issues in the majors. In all, he worked to a 4.77 ERA/5.36 FIP with 5.14 K/9, 3.21 BB/9 and a 39.8 percent grounder rate over 415 1/3 innings before immigrating to Asia. Martinez was worth minus-0.2 fWAR during his Texas tenure, which he wrapped up with a replacement-level 2017 that consisted of 111 1/3 frames of 5.66 ERA/5.80 FIP ball.

 

Didn't think it was going to be JD, but I clicked anyways haha.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Posts like this should be cause for 7 day ban.

 

1. Title is clickbait.

 

2. Post is not in the correct forum.

 

It was pretty funny.

[Behindenemylines]

If It was JD, better there then in the Bronx.