Chris Martin
38-Year-Old
2024 Stats
W-L
2-1
ERA
3.43
WHIP
1.09
K
46
SV
2
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Martin's first season with the Red Sox was possibly the finest of his career. The 37-year-old led qualified relievers with a miniscule 1.05 ERA, while his 3.82 Win Probability Added was 5th and the highest mark for a non-closer. After posting the most strikeouts of his career in 2022, Martin's strikeout rate (23.1%) dropped by nearly 10 percentage points last year, but he continued to induce plenty of grounders (51%) and rarely issued a free pass. The right-hander's 4.0% walk rate was 2nd-best among relief pitchers, as Martin continues to be one of the premiere setup men in the league. Some ratio regression is expected in 2024, but Martin's overall consistency from year to year should yield plenty of holds and the occasional ancillary save for Boston. Read Past Outlooks
Moves past illness
Martin (illness) made relief appearances Wednesday against the Orioles and Thursday against the Yankees, tossing a pair of scoreless innings and striking out three batters while giving up one hit and no walks.
ANALYSIS
Martin appeared out of the bullpen just once in the first week of September before manager Alex Cora disclosed last Sunday that the reliever was battling an illness. Cora's decision to use Martin on consecutive days would seem to imply that the right-hander is now feeling back to full strength after the bout with the ailment.
Martin appeared out of the bullpen just once in the first week of September before manager Alex Cora disclosed last Sunday that the reliever was battling an illness. Cora's decision to use Martin on consecutive days would seem to imply that the right-hander is now feeling back to full strength after the bout with the ailment.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
15
Last 10 Games
15
Last 5 Games
15
How many pitches does Chris Martin generally throw?
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What part of the game does Chris Martin generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-2%
BAA vs LHP
2024
-8%
BAA vs LHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .241 | 77 | 11 | 63 | 6 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .245 | 89 | 4 | 73 | 7 | |||
2024vs Left | .259 | 26 | 1 | 21 | 2 | |||
2024vs Right | .282 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 3 | |||
2023vs Left | .235 | 21 | 5 | 19 | 2 | |||
2023vs Right | .239 | 25 | 3 | 26 | 0 | |||
2022vs Left | .232 | 30 | 5 | 23 | 2 | |||
2022vs Right | .229 | 44 | 0 | 27 | 4 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-14%
ERA at Home
2024
-48%
ERA on Road
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 2.25 | 0.96 | 68.0 | 9.4 | 0.9 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 2.63 | 1.09 | 78.2 | 10.9 | 0.9 | ||||
2024Home | 4.67 | 1.10 | 17.1 | 8.8 | 0.5 | ||||
2024Away | 2.45 | 1.09 | 22.0 | 11.9 | 0.4 | ||||
2023Home | 0.35 | 1.13 | 25.2 | 7.7 | 1.4 | ||||
2023Away | 1.75 | 0.94 | 25.2 | 8.4 | 1.4 | ||||
2022Home | 2.52 | 0.68 | 25.0 | 11.5 | 0.7 | ||||
2022Away | 3.48 | 1.23 | 31.0 | 12.2 | 0.9 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Chris Martin compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
23.00K/9
10.5BB/9
0.5HR/9
1.1Fastball
94.7 mphERA
3.43WHIP
1.09BABIP
.357GB/FB
1.48Left On Base
63.9%Exit Velocity
79.8 mphBarrels/BBE
3.0%Spin Rate
2078 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
19.9%Swinging Strike
12.3%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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In his age-36 season, Martin tallied a career-high 56 innings between the Cubs and Dodgers. He impressively led qualified relievers with a 2.2% walk rate, issuing just five free passes all season. He also boasted a career-best 32.9% strikeout rate, leading to a 30.7% K-BB percentage that was fourth-best among relievers. Martin was especially dominant in the second half, with a 1.67 ERA, 0.63 WHIP and 39:1 K:BB over 27 innings. The right-hander mixes six pitches, but his mid-90s 4-seamer (45% pitch usage) was his best offering, with 45 of his 74 strikeouts coming via the heater. He threw more cutters (32%) last season, but the pitch wasn't as successful as his split-finger (9%) has been. Martin only has nine career saves, but his strong second half shows he could handle closing duties whenever Kenley Jansen is unavailable.
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Unavailable due to illness
Red Sox manager Alex Cora said Martin was unavailable Sunday against the White Sox since the reliever was feeling under the weather, Mac Cerullo of the Boston Herald reports.
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Hammered by Mets
Martin allowed four runs on four hits while striking out two over one inning in Tuesday's 7-2 loss to the Mets.
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Picks up second save
Martin earned the save in Friday's 7-5 extra-inning win over the Tigers, allowing one unearned run while logging a strikeout in the 10th.
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Earns first save
Martin earned the save in Tuesday's 4-1 win over Houston, working around a hit in a scoreless ninth inning. He struck out one.
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Activated Wednesday
The Red Sox reinstated Martin (elbow) from the 15-day injured list Wednesday, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports.
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Planning to pitch in 2025
Martin said on the Baseball Isn't Boring podcast Thursday that he expects to pitch in 2025 if he can finish the season in good health.
ANALYSIS
The 38-year-old made his MLB debut in 2014 and will hit free agency in the offseason, but at this point he has no plans to retire. Martin shouldn't have an issue securing a contract, as he's once again been an effective high-leverage option for the Red Sox with a 2.80 ERA, 1.08 WHIP and 40:2 K:BB across 35.1 innings this season. He missed most of July due to elbow soreness but has given up just one earned run with an 11:0 K:BB in 10 outings since returning from the IL.
The 38-year-old made his MLB debut in 2014 and will hit free agency in the offseason, but at this point he has no plans to retire. Martin shouldn't have an issue securing a contract, as he's once again been an effective high-leverage option for the Red Sox with a 2.80 ERA, 1.08 WHIP and 40:2 K:BB across 35.1 innings this season. He missed most of July due to elbow soreness but has given up just one earned run with an 11:0 K:BB in 10 outings since returning from the IL.