Comments on: Prospect Profile: Jose Martinez

By: Brock 20

Brock 20 — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:53:38 +0000

Thanks again Eric for taking my suggestion, I appreciate your work and insight. I checked and Sickels did NOT have him in the top thirty for the organization.

By: erik

erik — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:19:05 +0000

fewgoodcards..i agree, the fact that he was there and kinda held his own says good things about him, not bad.

brock…you are correct about BB%. in the small samples, maybe the BB/K ratio is more important. It brings out the point that he sees the ball pretty well, so maybe the walks will be back. it’s hard to say in 326 at bats for sure what happened.

By: Brock 20

Brock 20 — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:51:45 +0000

Thanks! He’s very far under the radar as far as I’m concerned. I don’t believe he’s going to be listed in John Sickels top 30 for the Cards organization. I’ll let you know when I get his book next week.

I’m a little confused as to what BB% is, is that the number of PA’s that result in a BB? If his BB/K ratio is good, and his batting eye is good, isn’t that the more important stat than number of PAs that end up in walks? Could it be a factor of feasting on pitchers that didn’t want to walk him so they threw strikes, but poor ones that he put in play?

All I know is that I was impressed with him when I saw him and ranked him and Bryan Anderson as the two most impressive players of the day.

By: fewgoodcards

fewgoodcards — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:20:47 +0000

i wouldn’t put a ton of stock in the winter league stats. he was getting spot duty as a back-up infielder, so it is hard to get and keep a rhythm. also, and while i don’t exactly know who was there this year, that league usually has a decent number of major leaguers and high minors players. the league is so big that the teams actually have a minor league team which is usually where the A-ball players like martinez go. if anything, i think it is impressive that martinez was on the “big league” club.

By: l boros

l boros — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:08:26 +0000

oops —- never mind, i missed the VWL stats in the main post . . . .

By: l boros

l boros — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:06:45 +0000

venezuelan winter league update: martinez hit .257 in 74 at-bats, drew 4 bases on balls.