Carlos Martinez (minors09)

Carlos Mario Martinez Miranda

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 195 lb.

• Born May 2, 1995 in Cartagena, Bolívar Colombia

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Biographical Information

Carlos Martinez has played as high as AAA and has been on the Colombian national team.

He was signed by Atlanta Braves scout Carlos Garcia in July 2012. He was 3 for 15 with a walk, double and RBI for Colombia in the 2012 World Junior Championship, mostly playing first base. He hit .254/.336/.295 for the 2013 DSL Braves and threw out 42% of would-be base-stealers. He was at .227/.261/.227 and threw out 29.4% in the 2013 World Junior Championship; he saved Colombia from being no-hit when he singled off Se-woong Park. With the '14 GCL Braves, he batted .243/.300/.297 and caught 40%.

Martinez next moved to the Danville Braves, posting a .229/.311/.295 batting line in 2015 and .224/.254/.245 for them in 2016. He split 2017 between the Rome Braves (.270/.354/.277 in 52 G; 45% CS) and Florida Fire Frogs (1 for 3). He split 2018 between Rome (.270/.316/.324 in 22 G) and the Mississippi Braves (.198/.268/.251 in 63 G), catching 46% on steal attempts. In 2019, he hit .198/.268/.251 for Mississippi, splitting catching with William Contreras. The 2020 minor league season was wiped out by the COVID-19 pandemic. He was 2 for 15 with a double, walk, run and RBI for the Caimanes de Barranquilla in the 2021 Caribbean Series. He began 2021 with the AAA Gwinnett Stripers and was 5 for 15 with a double, run and three RBI before joining Colombia for the 2020 Americas Olympic Qualifier. His first game, he was 0 for 3 against Andrew Albers and Brendan McGuigan when Colombia got no-hit by Team Canada. His other contest, he struck out and walked against Cuba's Bryan Chi and singled off Frank Abel Alvarez. He had 17 putouts between the two games and no one tried to steal. Instead of returning to Gwinnett, he finished the year with Mississippi (.250/.270/.389 in 11 G) and Rome (.272/.294/.395 in 23 G).