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NL West Notes: Martin, Giants, Ubaldo

By Steve Adams | April 2, 2020 at 8:42pm CDT

Right-hander Corbin Martin, one of four players the Astros sent to Arizona in the Zack Greinke blockbuster, had been on the Diamondbacks’ radar for awhile, writes Zach Buchanan of The Athletic (subscription required). They’d first targeted him in the 2017 draft and again in trade talks with the ’Stros centered around Paul Goldschmidt — but Houston wasn’t keen on including him in such a deal. At the time, Martin was 22 and fresh off 122 innings of 2.51 ERA ball between Class-A Advanced and Double-A, while Goldschmidt only had a year of control left.

Martin made his MLB debut in 2019 but underwent Tommy John surgery in July and was suddenly on the shelf for a win-now Astros club. Thus, D-backs GM Mike Hazen inquired again, and the Astros were more willing to listen the second time around. A package of Martin, J.B. Bukauskas, Seth Beer and Josh Rojas (plus plenty of cash to help offset Greinke’s salary) got the job done. Martin may not be an option for the Snakes until 2021, but he’s a second-rounder with a career 2.58 ERA in the minors who has ranked on Top 100 lists in both of the past two offseasons, making him an intriguing piece down the road. D-backs and Astros fans alike will want to check out the piece for thoughts from Hazen and assistant GM Amiel Sawdaye on the club’s longstanding interest in Martin.

Some more out of the NL West…

  • The Giants’ release of veteran lefty Jerry Blevins only increased the odds of southpaws Jarlin Garcia and Wandy Peralta making the club, notes Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area. Both pitchers hurled five shutout innings when exhibition games were still being played — Garcia with an 8-to-1 K/BB ratio and Peralta with a 10-to-4 mark. Given that Garcia is out of minor league options, he’d appear a particularly likely candidate to secure a spot in the ’pen, although there’s certainly room for both. The Giants claimed both lefties off waivers, with Peralta coming over from the Reds in September and Garcia coming over from the Marlins over the winter. Each has had some success in the Majors and is controllable all the way through the 2023 season should things pan out in the Bay Area.
  • Baseball’s shutdown put Ubaldo Jimenez’s comeback attempt with the Rockies on hold, but the right-hander is open to pitching in the minors if play is able to resume, writes Nick Groke of The Athletic in an excellent column on Jimenez’s unexpected bid to revive his career (subscription required). As Groke details, Jimenez received a “fringy” Major League offer in the 2017-18 offseason but opted to stay home in the Dominican with his pregnant wife and soon-to-be-born child. This offseason, wanting to take one last shot, he called Rockies VP of international scouting Rolando Fernandez about using the team’s complex in the Dominican to refine his mechanics. That eventually turned into a solid Dominican Winter League stint, a minor league deal with the Rox and several weeks serving playing the role of wise old sage to younger Rockies pitchers like German Marquez. Manager Bud Black tells Groke that Jimenez was sitting around 91 mph with his heater early in camp. A comeback at age 36 is a long shot but would make for one heck of an in-season storyline to root for.
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Comments

  1. Jgwi2az

    3 years ago

    Loved Ubaldo in that MLB commercial! “Zander, really??”

    Reply
    • kodion

      3 years ago

      Loved him (as a stand-in for Zach Britton) in the ’16 WC game!!

      Reply
      • WereAllJustGuestsHere

        3 years ago

        All Blue Jays fans did.

        Reply
  2. rightyspecialist

    3 years ago

    The Giants. Lol

    Reply
    • Gmen777

      3 years ago

      I guess being quarantined is just giving you more time to troll every Giants post

      Reply
      • rightyspecialist

        3 years ago

        I’m so tired of whiny, overly sensitive San Francisco Giants fans. Geez, grow a pair #Soft

        Reply
        • giantsphan12

          3 years ago

          Righty. Lol.

  3. BPax

    3 years ago

    If there was any justice, Ubaldo Jiminez would have combined names with Antonio Bastardo and become Ubaldo Bastardo. Just sayin’

    Reply
  4. BennyTheBoss

    3 years ago

    I heard a rumor the Rays are really high on Corbin Martin. I suggest they trade Wander Franco for Corbin Martin. I think that’s fair? Maybe Arizona gets another piece.

    Reply
    • agentx

      3 years ago

      You’re kidding, right?

      Reply
    • Red Eye

      3 years ago

      Worst trade ever

      Reply
    • D0m

      3 years ago

      ???? Not even close! Wander franco, Brandon lowe, Blake Snell, and Willy Adames for Corbin Martin

      Reply
  5. johnrealtime

    3 years ago

    Easy to forget that great stretch Ubaldo had with the Rockies. Who would be the best starting pitchers in Rockies history? It has to be a pretty weak list

    Reply
    • WereAllJustGuestsHere

      3 years ago

      Jimemez, Chacin, De La Rosa, Cook and draw the last name out of a hat. It’s bad. Enough reason not to give the Rockie hitters that much credit.

      Reply
    • DarkSide830

      3 years ago

      mightve been 2010 Cy if the field wasnt so stacked that year

      Reply
    • brucenewton

      3 years ago

      He was truly elite for a couple of years there. Might have been the best at the time at missing bats and getting ground balls. Jeff Francis was pretty solid for awhile too.

      Reply

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