J.D. Martinez Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 3" / 230 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 8/21/1987 (36)
- Experience
- 13
- College
- Nova Southeastern (FL)
J.D. Martinez Season Stats
Last 10 Games
J.D. Martinez News
New York Mets designated hitter J.D. Martinez (illness) is out of the starting lineup on Sunday against the Miami Marlins due to flu-like symptoms. There is some kind of bug going around the team's clubhouse right now. With Martinez under the weather, Brandon Nimmo will serve as the DH and bat third, with Tyrone Taylor in left field and hitting fifth against Marlins right-hander Sixto Sanchez. Fantasy managers will need to remove Martinez from their starting lineups and check back on Monday to see if he's feeling good enough to play in the series opener in Cleveland against the Guardians. Martinez didn't make his 2024 debut for the Mets until April 26, but he's hit the ground running and is currently batting .315 (23-for-73) with two home runs and nine RBI in 21 games. The six-time All-Star is still a nice source of power in fantasy despite being 36 years old.
New York Mets designated hitter J.D. Martinez smashed his second home run of the season in Wednesday's loss on the road to the division-rival Philadelphia Phillies, but it wasn't enough as his team fell in the blowout defeat. Martinez smacked his second homer of the year to make the score 10-3 in the eighth inning. Even though the 36-year-old veteran slugger isn't setting off fantasy fireworks to this point, he's slashing a serviceable .295/.338/.459 with two bombs, four doubles, and six RBI over 61 at-bats (18 games) in his first year with the Mets. He might have a decent chance to pop for a big day at the plate in Thursday's series finale against Philadelphia and right-hander Taijuan Walker, since Martinez is 7-for-14 with a homer, a double, and three RBI in 14 plate appearances against Walker in his career.
New York Mets designated hitter J.D. Martinez will return to the lineup and hit fourth on Monday against the Chicago Cubs. After coming off the bench in Sunday's 4-2 extra-innings win and flying out in a pinch-hit at-bat in the ninth inning, the veteran will start in the Mets' series opener. Martinez got a late start to the season after signing with New York in late March and dealing with a back issue a couple of weeks ago. However, he officially made his season debut on Friday, where he went 2-for-4 with one RBI and one double. Expect the 36-year-old to take some days off here and there over the next few weeks since he didn't have a spring training. Nonetheless, he's a player whom fantasy managers should be looking to pick up in fantasy, given his potential to hit 25-30 home runs atop the Mets' lineup.
Batting Order
1 | Francisco Lindor |
2 | Pete Alonso |
3 | Brandon Nimmo |
4 | DJ Stewart |
5 | Tyrone Taylor |
6 | Brett Baty |
7 | Jeff McNeil |
8 | Harrison Bader |
9 | Omar Narváez |
J.D. Martinez Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
1 | Francisco Lindor |
2 | Pete Alonso |
3 | Brandon Nimmo |
4 | DJ Stewart |
5 | Tyrone Taylor |
6 | Brett Baty |
7 | Jeff McNeil |
8 | Harrison Bader |
9 | Omar Narváez |
Free-agent designated hitter J.D. Martinez showed no signs of aging in the 2023 season. In his age-35 campaign, Martinez slugged a hefty 33 home runs and drove in 103 runs despite appearing in just 113 games with the Dodgers. It was the fifth 30-homer campaign of his career and also the fifth time he surpassed the century mark in RBI. While regression is always a possibility, and perhaps likely in the 2024 season, keep in mind Martinez ranked in the 96th percentile or better in xSLG, average exit velocity, hard-hit rate, barrel rate, and sweet-spot rate a season ago. His Statcast page is what dreams are made of. Utility-only eligibility and an uncertain landing spot on the open market hurt his value but you could do a lot worse around where Martinez is exiting drafts with a 236.01 ADP.