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Jefry Marte To Sign With Japan’s Hanshin Tigers

By Steve Adams | December 21, 2018 at 9:50am CDT

The Hanshin Tigers of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball announced Thursday that they’ve reached an agreement with former Angels infielder Jefry Marte (link via the Japan Times). There won’t be any compensation for the Angels, as Marte was outrighted off the 40-man roster and elected free agency earlier this winter.

Marte, 27, has spent the past three seasons with the Halos but struggled greatly in 2017-18 after a solid performance in his first year with the club. Back in 2016, Marte hit .252/.310/.481 with 15 homers and 14 doubles in just 284 plate appearances (114 OPS+), but since that time he’s limped to a dismal .199/.271/.346 slash in a combined 354 plate appearances. He split his time relatively evenly between first base, third base and left field back in 2016 but has spent the vast majority of his time on the field at first base in the two years since.

Though he doesn’t have much of a track record in parts of four seasons between Anaheim and Detroit, Marte has performed well throughout the upper minors. In 793 plate appearances at the Triple-A level, scattered across parts of three seasons, he’s a .270/.342/.463 hitter with 27 homers, 47 doubles and four triples. He figures to receive a fairly prominent role with Hanshin in NPB and should command a considerably higher salary than any he’d have earned bouncing between the minors and Triple-A in North America this season.

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  1. Vizionaire

    7 years ago

    best of luck in japan! watch out for inside forkballs.

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  2. LosAngelesAngelesAngelesAngelsOfLosAngeles

    7 years ago

    I think he’ll rake if he’s played regularly

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  3. eeddiiee909

    7 years ago

    I’ll never forget when he threw me a ball then I handed it to a little girl behind me. best wishes to Jefy marte .

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  4. Phillies2017

    7 years ago

    Wonder what his salary will be

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    • HanshinTigersEnglishNews

      7 years ago

      110 million yen, which is about a million bucks.

      Reply
  5. pstef123

    7 years ago

    It’s just a matter of time before he knocks a catcher out cold with that swing of his.

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    • Halos2021WSChamps

      7 years ago

      Hahaha I’ll say his HR:Catcher KO rate will be a solid 1.5

      Reply
  6. Noah__69

    7 years ago

    The Marte Partay going international !

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