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Indians Designate Leonys Martin For Assignment

By TC Zencka | June 22, 2019 at 12:16pm CDT

The Indians designated centerfielder Leonys Martin for assignment today, tweets The Athletic’s Zack Meisel. The move makes room for Aaron Civale, who is set to make his major league debut. This might be just the first of a number of moves coming for the Indians in the next couple of days, tweets Meisel.

The Indians somewhat surprisingly entered the season with Martin, 31, as their everyday centerfielder, and through the end of April he managed a 91 wRC+. That kind of offense from a plus defensive centerfielder would be palatable, but Martin’s defensive metrics have taken a dip this season (-1 DRS, -3.3 UZR).

Making matters worse, his offense has fallen off to where he now owns a .199/.276/.343 slash line and an abysmal 62 wRC+. It’s pretty shocking that a team’s valuation of a player can shift so suddenly from starting 65 of the team’s first 75 games to designation for assignment – but such is the state of affairs for the Indians in 2019. June has been particularly tough on Martin, as he has hit just .125/.192/.333 this month.

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  1. Burgeezy

    4 years ago

    Hopefully they will shift Bauers back to the OF, Santana to first, and bring up Bobby Bradley to DH. If not I would like to see Greg Allen get some consistent ABs in place of Leonys

    Reply
    • jbigz12

      4 years ago

      Bradley might strike out in 50% of his ABS in the majors but he is putting up some eye popping power numbers in AAA right now.

      Reply
    • Indiansjoe

      4 years ago

      I would like to see Barnes get a shot first, but would love to see Bradley get a shot soon

      Reply
      • ohiodevil

        4 years ago

        Barnes isn’t on 40 man roster

        Reply
    • Polish Hammer

      4 years ago

      Mercado will go to CF, Bauers will get ABs in LF and Naquin/Luplow will get RF.

      Reply
      • sufferfortribe

        4 years ago

        Luplow played LF yesterday and looked good out there. I think we’ll see a lot of Naquin in RF, Mercado in CF, and Luplow in LF.

        Bauers scares me playing OF.

        Reply
        • chadkaboom

          4 years ago

          kid needs more reps… he’ll be fine

  2. triber4life

    4 years ago

    Thank you tribe. Thank you. It is long overdue.

    Reply
    • Jay2441

      4 years ago

      He certainly went out of his way to earn this. Not only has production dropped, but also his effort.

      Reply
    • debubba

      4 years ago

      You could see this train coming from a long, long ways away.

      Reply
  3. formerdraftpick

    4 years ago

    To the Yankees?

    Reply
    • JDGoat

      4 years ago

      Guy immediately hits 20 homers in July

      Reply
    • triber4life

      4 years ago

      Unless you have a garden gnome in the outfield, he is not an upgrade in any sense.

      Reply
    • Indiansjoe

      4 years ago

      Martin to the Yankees for Severino, judge and Frazier……who says no?

      Reply
      • Polish Hammer

        4 years ago

        Yup, Jose Severino, Judge Judy and Walt Frazier, they just flipped him for a whole outfield…

        Reply
  4. angels fan

    4 years ago

    To the Giants ?

    Reply
    • DVail1979

      4 years ago

      Obviously to the Giants … what released OF doesn’t go to the Giants?

      Reply
      • Vince

        4 years ago

        Most

        Reply
    • Vince

      4 years ago

      Why? Doesn’t fit what they are looking for.

      Reply
  5. hockeyjohn

    4 years ago

    I think it is also the improvement shown by the younger outfielders as well as Martin’s regression.

    Reply
    • mlbgeek

      4 years ago

      Agreed, Naquin is really coming out of it and rewarded Tito in last nights game getting the start vs LH.P.

      Reply
    • Polish Hammer

      4 years ago

      Mercado, without him providing stability they continue playing musical OF chairs.

      Reply
  6. spudchukar

    4 years ago

    So why not Mercado? Why did they trade for him if they didn’t think he could play?

    Reply
    • spudchukar

      4 years ago

      Anyway thanks for Connor Capel.

      Reply
      • Jay2441

        4 years ago

        Why not Mercado ?

        Reply
    • hockeyjohn

      4 years ago

      Mercado will be the center fielder now. He is not going anywhere.

      Reply
      • Jay2441

        4 years ago

        Yeah, I mean he’s the better player at this point.

        Reply
  7. sufferfortribe

    4 years ago

    Had a feeling that this was gonna happen. After Martin’s horrible defense the other day, followed by having to be separated from Lindor in the dugout (after getting his butt chewed out by Frankie), the writing was on the wall.

    Now Mercado can play his normal position of CF.

    Reply
  8. Indiansjoe

    4 years ago

    Long overdue, I would even hope they move Mercado to lead off to see how it plays out. But glad to see Luplow and Naquin can get more at bats.

    Reply
    • debubba

      4 years ago

      Why mess up a good thing? The top three have been performing brilliantly!

      Reply
    • sufferfortribe

      4 years ago

      I’d keep Mercado batting second. He’s doing fine, and has the ability to bunt when called for, which comes in handy at that spot in the order.

      Reply
  9. Polish Hammer

    4 years ago

    Thank goodness Mercado has been adjusting so well or else we’d be stuck with Martin. I think after tonight’s start Civale will be sent down and Bradley recalled.

    Reply
    • indiansfan44

      4 years ago

      That would be the logical thing to do so it probably won’t happen.

      Reply
    • hockeyjohn

      4 years ago

      Bobby Bradley not in the Columbus lineup tonight (June 22).

      Reply
  10. timewalk42

    4 years ago

    Leonys has shown that he is a real good Minor leaguer not an everyday Major Leaguer caliber player

    Reply
  11. laswagn

    4 years ago

    Maybe a change of scenery will help him

    Reply
  12. The Process

    4 years ago

    This guy is extremely talented. What’s sad is that if he had better work ethic he could probably be an all-star. He has all the natural tools but just doesn’t seem to have the effort. Still I could see the Phillies offering him a minor league deal (He has to be better than Nick Williams)

    Reply
    • playicy

      4 years ago

      In being a terrible player

      Reply
  13. playicy

    4 years ago

    Thank god now they need Bobby Bradley

    Reply
  14. lfrient1

    4 years ago

    The spinners will say that his offensive performance justified this decision.

    There were certainly times when his defense was suspect at best.

    But I really believe that the last straw on the camel’s back was his spat with Frankie Lindor on Thursday afternoon in reaction to Lindor’s rightful chastisement of what seemed to be a lack of substantial effort on Martin’s part.

    I wish him well, and I applaud the decision to cut our losses. Leonys Martin was most likely not going to improve going forward.

    Reply
  15. lfrient1

    4 years ago

    The spinners will say that his offensive performance justified this decision.

    We really need to take into account the times when his defense was suspect at best.

    But I really believe that the last straw on the camel’s back was his spat with Frankie Lindor on Thursday afternoon in reaction to Lindor’s rightful chastisement of what seemed to be a lack of substantial effort on Martin’s part.

    I wish him well, and I applaud the decision to cut our losses. Leonys Martin was most likely not going to improve going forward.

    Reply
  16. playicy

    4 years ago

    I called this decision now I’m waiting on my second decision by promoting Bradley to the big leagues

    Reply
    • Polish Hammer

      4 years ago

      Gold star for you, the only guy to see a guy batting .199 getting released.

      Reply
  17. Repo

    4 years ago

    You called it? Ha. You and any fan with eyeballs knew this would happen.

    Reply

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