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Fernando Martinez
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 831 of 1233 players

Jesus Fernando Alvarez Martinez
Born: October 10, 1988 at Rio San Juan, Dominican Republic
Throws: Right Bats: Left
Height: 6.01 Weight: 190

Fernando Martinez was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on February 11, 2020.

First Mets game: May 26, 2009
Last Mets game: July 2, 2011

Winner of Sterling award, 2006. (Hagerstown Suns)

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HERE IS WHAT OTHER METS FANS HAVE TO SAY:

Brad
February 29, 2008
I was at spring training at Port St. Lucie on 2/21/08 and got to see Fernando Martinez for the first time. From his brief batting practice cuts it is clear that he has a great swing. Hopefully it will translate to production at the major league level.

Grote was da man
November 3, 2010
Martinez is a big bust and the Mets should trade him. He's injured!!! Thanks for nothing, Omar!!

Mets Fan
April 11, 2011
One word for him is BUST.

Randy
August 14, 2011
I have been hearing about Fernando Martinez since 2005 saying that he is the future outfielder of the Mets. It is now 2011; they could have been further from the truth. However he is still only 22 years old so I guess he still has time to blossom, but he just needs to stay healthy.

Jonathan Stern
January 10, 2012
Placed on waivers. In addition to his seemingly always being hurt, my lingering memory of F-Mart is his not running out a pop-up. I forgot the opposing team, but the catcher muffed it, but the pitcher had plenty of time to throw him out because F-Mart didn't run. The Mets have had many can't-miss prospects who turned out to be duds.

Alex
April 8, 2024
I can't believe Fernando Martinez was *just* 15 years ago. Because I rank him up there with fellow Mets top prospect bust Alex Escobar, I think of Martinez as being from closer to the turn of the century.
In Mets top prospect chronology, I also think of Lastings Milledge as coming after Martinez, come to think of it.
Anyway, by 2009 I was already jaded as a Mets fan, so I had no real hopes for Martinez, so I wasn't disappointed when he failed. In fact, I anticipated it.
It's crazy that he last played professionally in the Dominican Winter League in 2016-17 and he was just 27 years old at that point. He last played in the majors when he was 24. Which means, right now, he's still only 35. It's been all these years and he's STILL at an age when players are active in the majors.
To go a from top-20 prospect (and a four-time top-100 prospect) to being out of the majors by age 24 means he really, truly was an all-time flop.
Also, in 2010, I wrote him an autograph request through the Buffalo Bisons. He never responded.

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