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{{short description|Cuban baseball player (born 1996)}}
{{short description|Cuban baseball player (born 1996)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Martínez|Marrero|lang=Spanish}}
{{family name hatnote|Martínez|Marrero|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Ariel Martínez
|name=Ariel Martínez
|image= A.Martinez.jpg
|image= Ariel Martinez Fighters 20230409.jpg
| image_size =
|image_size = 250px
| caption = Martinez with the Chunichi Dragons in 2019
|caption = Martinez with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in 2023
|position=[[Catcher]] / [[Left Fielder]]
|position=[[Catcher]] / [[Left Fielder]]
|team=Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
|team=Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
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| debutyear = 2020
| debutyear = 2020
| debutteam = Chunichi Dragons
| debutteam = Chunichi Dragons
| statyear = 2022
| statyear = October 12, 2024
| statleague = NPB
| statleague = NPB
|stat1label = [[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1label = [[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value = .274
|stat1value = .252
|stat2label = [[Home run]]s
|stat2label = [[Home run]]s
|stat2value = 12
|stat2value = 40
|stat3label = [[Runs batted in]]
|stat3label = [[Runs batted in]]
|stat3value = 44
|stat3value = 167

| teams =
| teams =
* [[Chunichi Dragons]] ({{npby|2018}}–{{npby|2022}})
* [[Chunichi Dragons]] ({{npby|2018}}–{{npby|2022}})
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* [[Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters]] ({{npby|2023}}–present)
| highlights =
* 2x [[Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Game|NPB All-Star]] ({{npby|2023}}, {{npby|2024}})
* 1x [[Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Game|NPB All-Star]] Game Fighting Spirit Award ({{npby|2023}})<ref>https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/732829</ref>
}}
}}
'''Ariel Martínez Marrero''' (born May 28, 1996) is a Cuban [[professional baseball]] [[catcher]] for the [[Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters]] of [[Nippon Professional Baseball]] (NPB). He previously played for the [[Chunichi Dragons]] (NPB) and the [[Cocodrilos de Matanzas]] in the [[Cuban National Series]].
'''Ariel Martínez Marrero''' (born May 28, 1996) is a Cuban [[professional baseball]] [[catcher]] for the [[Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters]] of [[Nippon Professional Baseball]] (NPB). He has previously played in NPB for the [[Chunichi Dragons]] and the [[Cocodrilos de Matanzas]] in the [[Cuban National Series]].


==Professional career==
==Professional career==
===Chunichi Dragons===
===Chunichi Dragons===
[[File:Ariel Martinez Chunichi Dragons 20220527.jpg|thumb|Martinez with the Chunichi Dragons in 2022]]
On March 14, 2018, Martínez signed with the [[Chunichi Dragons]] on a developmental contract.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.hochi.co.jp/baseball/npb/20180314-OHT1T50123.html |title=【中日】イケメン助っ人捕手のＡ・マルティネス、ニックネームは「田舎者」 |date=2018-03-14 |access-date=2018-12-06 |language=ja}}</ref> He spent the 2018 and 2019 seasons with Chunichi's farm team. On July 1, 2020, Martinez was given a full-time rostered deal and a new shirt number, 57. <ref>{{Cite news |title=中日アリエル・マルティネス支配下契約へ キューバ出身24歳捕手「ドラゴンズに恩返しを」：中日スポーツ・東京中日スポーツ |language=ja-JP |trans-title=Chunichi's Ariel Martinez given full time-deal. The 24 y/o Cuban catcher says "I want to give back to the Dragons" |work=中日スポーツ・東京中日スポーツ |url=https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/81383 |access-date=2020-07-02}}</ref> Martínez notched 5 hits in 18 plate appearances for Chunichi in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=martin002ari|title = Ariel Martínez Cuban, Independent & Japanese Leagues Statistics & History}}</ref> The Cuban catcher Ariel Martinez shone again on Wednesday in Japanese baseball, when he hit a homer that led to the victory of the Chunichi Dragons over the Yakult Swallows. Playing [[left field]], the versatile Martinez went 2-3, with a run scored and a walk, to leave his average at .333, and get the only run of the game, which ended 1-0 in favor of his team.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.plenglish.com/news/2022/05/11/cuban-martinez-shines-again-in-japanese-baseball/ | title=Cuban Martinez shines again in Japanese baseball - Prensa Latina | date=11 May 2022 }}</ref> He became a free agent following the 2022 season.
On March 14, 2018, Martínez signed with the [[Chunichi Dragons]] on a developmental contract.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.hochi.co.jp/baseball/npb/20180314-OHT1T50123.html |title=【中日】イケメン助っ人捕手のＡ・マルティネス、ニックネームは「田舎者」 |date=2018-03-14 |access-date=2018-12-06 |language=ja}}</ref> He spent the 2018 and 2019 seasons with Chunichi's farm team. On July 1, 2020, Martinez was given a full-time rostered deal and a new shirt number, 57.<ref>{{Cite news |title=中日アリエル・マルティネス支配下契約へ キューバ出身24歳捕手「ドラゴンズに恩返しを」：中日スポーツ・東京中日スポーツ |language=ja-JP |trans-title=Chunichi's Ariel Martinez given full time-deal. The 24 y/o Cuban catcher says "I want to give back to the Dragons" |work=中日スポーツ・東京中日スポーツ |url=https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/81383 |access-date=2020-07-02}}</ref> Martínez notched 5 hits in 18 plate appearances for Chunichi in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=martin002ari|title = Ariel Martínez Cuban, Independent & Japanese Leagues Statistics & History}}</ref> The Cuban catcher Ariel Martinez shone again on Wednesday in Japanese baseball, when he hit a homer that led to the victory of the Chunichi Dragons over the Yakult Swallows. Playing [[left field]], the versatile Martinez went 2-3, with a run scored and a walk, to leave his average at .333, and get the only run of the game, which ended 1-0 in favor of his team.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.plenglish.com/news/2022/05/11/cuban-martinez-shines-again-in-japanese-baseball/ | title=Cuban Martinez shines again in Japanese baseball - Prensa Latina | date=11 May 2022 }}</ref> He became a free agent following the 2022 season.


===Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters===
===Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters===
On December 21, 2022, Martinez signed with the [[Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters]] of [[Nippon Professional Baseball]]. <ref>https://www.jit.cu/NewsDetails.aspx?idnoticia=558494</ref>
On December 21, 2022, Martinez signed with the [[Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters]] of [[Nippon Professional Baseball]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.jit.cu/NewsDetails.aspx?idnoticia=558494 | title=Ariel "firma" con Luchadores y con el Clásico Mundial de Beisbol }}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Like most of the [[Cuba|Cuban]] children from his generation, Ariel Martínez admires legendary Cuban catcher [[Ariel Pestano]]. One catcher that he likes to study and emulate his game off of is [[Kansas City Royals]] catcher [[Salvador Pérez]]. He tries to watch film of him often and he definitely enjoys catching plenty of [[Kansas City Royals]] games on television when he can.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://calltothepen.com/2020/06/26/npb-ariel-martinez-next-great-cuban-catcher/ | title=NPB: Ariel Martínez, the next great Cuban catcher | date=26 June 2020 }}</ref>
Like most of the [[Cuba]]n children from his generation, Ariel Martínez admires legendary Cuban catcher [[Ariel Pestano]]. One catcher that he likes to study and emulate his game off of is [[Kansas City Royals]] catcher [[Salvador Pérez]]. He tries to watch film of him often and he definitely enjoys catching plenty of [[Kansas City Royals]] games on television when he can.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://calltothepen.com/2020/06/26/npb-ariel-martinez-next-great-cuban-catcher/ | title=NPB: Ariel Martínez, the next great Cuban catcher | date=26 June 2020 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Nippon Professional Baseball catchers]]
[[Category:Nippon Professional Baseball catchers]]
[[Category:Cocodrilos de Matanzas players]]
[[Category:Cocodrilos de Matanzas players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Matanzas]]
[[Category:Baseball players from Matanzas]]
[[Category:Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters players]]

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[[category:Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters players]]
[[Category:2023 World Baseball Classic players]]
[[Category:2023 World Baseball Classic players]]


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Latest revision as of 07:11, 13 November 2024

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is Marrero.
Ariel Martínez
Martinez with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in 2023
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – No. 2
Catcher / Left Fielder
Born: (1996-05-28) May 28, 1996 (age 28)
Matanzas, Cuba
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
NPB debut
July 3, 2020, for the Chunichi Dragons
NPB statistics
(through October 12, 2024)
Batting average.252
Home runs40
Runs batted in167
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Ariel Martínez Marrero (born May 28, 1996) is a Cuban professional baseball catcher for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in NPB for the Chunichi Dragons and the Cocodrilos de Matanzas in the Cuban National Series.

Professional career

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Chunichi Dragons

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Martinez with the Chunichi Dragons in 2022

On March 14, 2018, Martínez signed with the Chunichi Dragons on a developmental contract.[2] He spent the 2018 and 2019 seasons with Chunichi's farm team. On July 1, 2020, Martinez was given a full-time rostered deal and a new shirt number, 57.[3] Martínez notched 5 hits in 18 plate appearances for Chunichi in 2020.[4] The Cuban catcher Ariel Martinez shone again on Wednesday in Japanese baseball, when he hit a homer that led to the victory of the Chunichi Dragons over the Yakult Swallows. Playing left field, the versatile Martinez went 2-3, with a run scored and a walk, to leave his average at .333, and get the only run of the game, which ended 1-0 in favor of his team.[5] He became a free agent following the 2022 season.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

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On December 21, 2022, Martinez signed with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball.[6]

Personal life

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Like most of the Cuban children from his generation, Ariel Martínez admires legendary Cuban catcher Ariel Pestano. One catcher that he likes to study and emulate his game off of is Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Pérez. He tries to watch film of him often and he definitely enjoys catching plenty of Kansas City Royals games on television when he can.[7]

References

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  1. ^ https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/732829
  2. ^ "【中日】イケメン助っ人捕手のＡ・マルティネス、ニックネームは「田舎者」" (in Japanese). March 14, 2018. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  3. ^ "中日アリエル・マルティネス支配下契約へ キューバ出身24歳捕手「ドラゴンズに恩返しを」：中日スポーツ・東京中日スポーツ" [Chunichi's Ariel Martinez given full time-deal. The 24 y/o Cuban catcher says "I want to give back to the Dragons"]. 中日スポーツ・東京中日スポーツ (in Japanese). Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  4. ^ "Ariel Martínez Cuban, Independent & Japanese Leagues Statistics & History".
  5. ^ "Cuban Martinez shines again in Japanese baseball - Prensa Latina". May 11, 2022.
  6. ^ "Ariel "firma" con Luchadores y con el Clásico Mundial de Beisbol".
  7. ^ "NPB: Ariel Martínez, the next great Cuban catcher". June 26, 2020.
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