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Due to the competitive nature of Diamondbacks GM Mike Hazen and his management team, they will never admit publicly they’re gearing up to make sell moves. But if they are conducting their due diligence, which I am certain they are, they are looking at options to add to their minor league system or add players with some MLB experience who are cost controlled that can help them next year and the years beyond.
Any discussion of trade values has to begin with the simple acknowledgment that a player doesn’t have trade value until some other team wants the player. The trade value increases most when more than one team or multiple teams want the same player. Beyond that, every team has some method to assign value to players. Many factors are involved. How many years of team control remain? Is the player signed to a long term contract, or what are the projected earnings for the remaining years of arbitration control? What is the expected performa
2021 Arizona Diamondbacks Player Preview: Corbin Martin
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Birthdate: 12/28/1995 (25 y, 4 m, 20 d)
Height: 6’2”
Service Time: 1.023
Overall: 50+
If one were to poll 10 different talent evaluators about Corbin Martin, one would likely get 7-10 different perspectives. There are those that feel his arsenal of four plus-grade pitches and his ability to throw strikes makes him a real top-of-the-rotation talent. There are others who feel that, despite Martin’s arsenal, he lacks the ability to put batters away, making him a likely #3-type pitcher. Still others worry about Martin’s durability and see him as a back-of-the-rotation starter or possibly a middle reliever.
Ketel Marte is excited for his Bobblehead Weekend
So as not to bury the lead, I’ll start right off with the inspiration for this article. In last night’s game day thread a question about whither Drew Ellis from Xerostomia prompted this comment from Michael McDermott:
“For an out of the box idea, Ketel Marte at 3B?
It would be a less difficult position than CF for him”
This is a really intriguing idea from Michael, which immediately resonated with me for a number of reasons. I sent out a text to a scout to ask his thoughts and his immediate response was “I like it” So lets explore together the current and future state of third base in the organization and see what makes sense.