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Carlos Martínez is currently a free agent after a brief and unfortunate performance with the Red Sox in the minor leagues.
The Office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball announced that free agent pitcher Carlos Martínez has been suspended 80 games without pay after testing positive for Ibutamoren, a substance to enhance sports performance, in violation of the MLB Drug Use Prevention and Treatment Program.< /p>
10 days ago he was released by the Boston Red Sox who had acquired him through a minor league contract at the beginning of May, due to his dismal performance at the Triple A level.
In two starts, he pitched 4.1 innings where allowed ten runs, which translates to a 20.77 ERA with two losses. punched out to four and awarded He walked three times, while he had a 2.769 transfers and hits per inning pitched (WHIP) average.
Martinez was released after the 2021 season by the St. Louis Cardinals, after ;s to accumulate a 6.34 ERA in 16 starts. The team had a contract option that they decided on. do not exercise After that, Martínez briefly formed the group. He was part of the minor league San Francisco Giants, from which he was also released.
Martinez was at one point considered one of the Cardinals’ rotation aces. From 2015 to 2018 he was one of his best pitchers, even reaching two invitations to the All-Star Game.
Since then, injuries and indiscipline have marked the Dominican’s career, who even found & oacute; in a brief problem with the Dominican police authorities for his participation in an activity where hundreds of people gathered during the COVID-19 pandemic in his native Puerto Plata.