Comments on: J.D. Martin Deserves A Shot

By: PhD Brian

PhD Brian — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:44:26 +0000

Not likely he will pitch for the Nats in 2010. He did not have much in the way of decent glovemen behind him last season, so he stunk in the majors. And now the Nats think he wont succeed and are signing overpaid vets.

By: travel guides

travel guides — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:14:09 +0000

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By: mike m

mike m — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:20:52 +0000

Great job looking at all the potential in this gamer. Even though he is 0-2 he has shown great promise with his ability to throw strikes. His glove has been great too. Hey Nats, lets give the kid a few runs so he can relax and do what he does best. Rack up outs! Tar Baby if your reading this give me a call.

By: Joe R

Joe R — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:14:55 +0000

The Mets: Where $100+ million payrolls with small ball loving managers happens.

By: John

John — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:11:39 +0000

If his stuff is good enough to dominate AAA hitters, then he should have no problem with the Mets in his debut…… Thank you folks, I’ll be here all day.

By: Big Oil

Big Oil — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:13:23 +0000

Beat me to it. Looking forward to watching tomorrow night’s game after the travesty that was the Cubs series.

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:11:35 +0000

Sorry for the double-post, but for those who keep saying the only reason Martin hasn’t been called up is because the Nats are incompetant, or they are paying guys “millions to walk people,” this is inaccurate. The starting pitching has not been the big problem on this team. The starters are pitching well, and only Olsen is making more than $500k (and he’s been on the DL most of the last 2 months). The Nats have been paying the BULLPEN millions to walk people and give up dozens of runs per inning. The DEFENSE is full of overpaid free agents who commit more errors than routine outs and have some of the worst ranges in MLB. The starters are young, cheap players who have been developed by the Nats minor league system. If you want to move J.D. Martin to the ‘pen, go ahead and call the front office incompetant for keeping guys in MLB ahead of Martin. But if you want to see him start, he’s simply in a situation with a lot of legitamate, young, cheap and equally promising competition for MLB spots.

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:01:15 +0000

Well, you got your wish- J.D. Martin has been called up!

I think the problem with promoting Martin (before now) is all they have are young, promising pitchers. Lannan, Zimmermann, Stammen, Detwiler, Martis and Mock are the guys who have been getting starts since May. Lannan is 25 years old, everybody else is younger than this. None of them make more than Lannan’s $424k. Right or wrong, the Nats have viewed all these guys as more likely to succeed long-term than Martin. And all except Mock have showed a lot of potential during their MLB starts to be strong pitchers in the future. Right now, one of the few blessings the Nationals have is a deep crop of young pitchers who appear to have the ability to succeeed in the Majors. Martin now has the opportunity to demonstrate he belongs in that conversation too. Good luck to him!

By: Nathaniel

Nathaniel — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:39:48 +0000

Great call on Martin. I agree.

Looking through Triple-A, Doug Fister of the Mariners strikes me as basically the same sort of pitcher. Shouldn’t be get a shot as well?

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:05:11 +0000

I got a card of him a few years back, of when he was drafted #1 in the supplement draft. I was wondering what happened to him, hope he gets up to the majors.