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Giants Promote J.P. Martinez To Pitching Coach

By Nick Deeds | October 18, 2024 at 4:52pm CDT

October 18: San Francisco officially announced Martinez’s hiring as pitching coach on Friday afternoon.

October 15: The Giants are promoting J.P. Martinez to the role of pitching coach, as reported by Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle. The news comes on the heels of the club’s previous pitching coach, Bryan Price, stepping down from his role with the club earlier today.

Martinez joined the Giants during the 2020-21 offseason as assistant pitching coach, replacing Erik Katz on the staff of then-manager Gabe Kapler. Prior to joining San Francisco, Martinez got his start in professional baseball when he was drafted in the ninth round of the 2004 draft by the Twins. Though he never cracked the major leagues, he spent four seasons pitching in the Twins organization and a fifth with the Orioles organization before retiring from his playing career in 2008. Martinez eventually returned to the Twins organization in 2015 as a pitching coach at the club’s Florida complex and spent six seasons with the club in various coaching roles through the minor leagues before departing for San Francisco.

Upon joining the Giants, Martinez worked under former pitching coach Andrew Bailey and former director of pitching Brian Bannister. Of that trio, only Martinez remained with the organization in 2024 following Kapler’s firing and the hiring of Bob Melvin as manager. Melvin brought in Price to act as the club’s primary pitching coach, but with Price now set to step down the Giants appear poised to promote Martinez in his place. The move offers some continuity to Giants hurlers after a season where the club’s pitching staff posted strong underlying metrics despite middling performance. While the club’s collective 4.10 ERA wasn’t especially impressive, Giants pitcher posted a 3.80 FIP and a 3.82 SIERA, both of which were top-seven figures in the majors this year.

Looking at individual performances, the Giants enjoyed solid performances from young pitchers such as Hayden Birdsong, Tristan Beck, Kyle Harrison, and Landen Roupp this year. Each of those pitchers figures to be asked to shoulder more significant workloads in 2025 thanks to the impending departure of Blake Snell. The loss of Snell, who dominated with a 1.23 ERA and 1.77 FIP in his final 14 starts with San Francisco, will leave the Giants more reliant on veterans Robbie Ray and Jordan Hicks headed into 2025 despite questions regarding the durability of those hurlers in rotation roles.

Of course, it’s certainly possible that the Giants pursue pitching help to further bolster Martinez’s staff this winter, whether that comes in the form of a reunion with Snell or the acquisition of a lower-profile arm or two to help supplement the staff in his absence like Luis Severino or Andrew Heaney. For now, however, the club’s top priority appears to be completing their GM search and locking down a #2 in the front office to serve as a partner for newly-minted president of baseball operations Buster Posey.

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23 Comments

  1. Monkey’s Uncle

    8 months ago

    Not to be confused with J. P. Martinez. Or J. D. Martinez. Or J. D. Drew.

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    • Bart Harley Jarvis

      8 months ago

      Or VD Jance.

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      • SFBay314

        8 months ago

        Screw you Harley Jarvis!!!

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        • Bart Harley Jarvis

          8 months ago

          Well, I have been referred to as the bad boy of the competition.

          Reply
  2. Reds2024

    8 months ago

    Bryan Price resignations are getting old. Decent pitching coach and an atrocious manager. The problem is Price does not understand this.

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    Reply
  3. HiredGun23

    8 months ago

    See did Martinez get promoted or are the Giants considering it? The article kind is kind of muddy…

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    • TigersLoveCinnamon

      8 months ago

      The first sentence of the article will answer your question

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      • Candlestoked

        8 months ago

        @Tigers, Right. Totally worth the scroll.

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      • HiredGun23

        8 months ago

        …but with Price now set to step down the Giants appear poised to promote Martinez in his place…

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        • TigersLoveCinnamon

          8 months ago

          Poised: having a composed and self-assured manner.

          While not the greatest choice of words, It’s almost like you don’t understand what it means

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        • HiredGun23

          8 months ago

          Poised is not finality. Which you yourself stated is in the first sentence.

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        • claude raymond

          8 months ago

          Hired is correct. The sentence he cited contradicted the articles opening sentence. “seem poised” is different than “are promoting”. I’m with you Hired. It’s poor writing

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  4. Foothills R

    8 months ago

    Change is good. LFG!!!

    Reply
  5. taxman

    8 months ago

    F YEAH

    Reply
  6. lakeg

    8 months ago

    An article about Giants pitching for next season that does not even mention Logan Webb!!! Nick Deeds really screwed up big time!

    Reply
  7. agnes gooch

    8 months ago

    Friendly reminder that JD Martinez was hired by Farhan 🙂

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    • Pete'sView

      8 months ago

      No, Agnes, JD Martinez is with the Mets. JP Martinez is with the Giants.

      Reply
  8. KirkRueter

    8 months ago

    >impending departure of Blake Snell.

    Excuse me?

    Reply
  9. Pickle_Britches

    8 months ago

    And who is he? MadBum or Cain would be better

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    • Pickle_Britches

      8 months ago

      I heard Dan Haren or Roy Oswalt were being considered???

      Reply
  10. Pickle_Britches

    8 months ago

    Or how bout signing Greinke as a Pitching Coach/ Relief pitcher? Let him get his 3000ks while trying to get work on the staff? Win win

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    • JayRyder

      8 months ago

      It’s a nice transition move. He knows the org, give him a chance. Surround him with a cool revolving staff of old timers who can help on a one on one basis if needed. Have a plan and implement type of role as the chief. I have no problem with this for the coming season to Start the season.

      Of course the G’s are in transition we’ll see who still has a job come mid season trade deadline.

      Reply
  11. Pickle_Britches

    8 months ago

    Regardless they’re aren’t hitting on much. Unless they fork some coin out there during the off season nobody cares.

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