[Ballbuster]

Was in on Esquer's presser this morning....couple things of note...



Troy C



[tweet]https://twitter.com/TroyClardy/status/1405917234367590401[/tweet]

Is there a place we can listen to the press conference? ALSO, this is the first thing I've heard about Martinez since he disappeared! What's up with him? Recovering from an injury!?

I had been wondering if there had been anything else behind the scenes with Martinez , but looking at the numbers there isn't much evidence for anything other than Martinez hitting a slump and Troy coming in and responding with some HRs.
 
Martinez's went into a (not terrible) slump starting roughly in the middle of the USC series. His BA has dropped every appearance since the second SC game, hasn't hit a HR, and had a an average under 0.200 (11 games for him).

Troy started alternating starts with Martinez in the cal series, gradually started more games, then every tournament game. 

Starting with the cal series, Troy has hit BA=0.225, SLG 0.525, with 4 HRs, 3 of those in the tournament (vs NDSU, UCI, Texas Tech).
Not a of immense proportions average, but some notable power.

The one curious move in this recent stretch was that frosh Carter Graham got one start (vs OSU) and one pinch hit appearance in the tournament (first game vs UCI, the 12-4 win). Martinez hasn't appeared in the postseason.

I guess none of you noticed Martinez going up with an invisible bat! He was in a slump and was not producing.

[Ballbuster]

Was in on Esquer's presser this morning....couple things of note...



Troy C



[tweet]https://twitter.com/TroyClardy/status/1405917234367590401[/tweet]

Is there a place we can listen to the press conference? ALSO, this is the first thing I've heard about Martinez since he disappeared! What's up with him? Recovering from an injury!?

I had been wondering if there had been anything else behind the scenes with Martinez , but looking at the numbers there isn't much evidence for anything other than Martinez hitting a slump and Troy coming in and responding with some HRs.
 
Martinez's went into a (not terrible) slump starting roughly in the middle of the USC series. His BA has dropped every appearance since the second SC game, hasn't hit a HR, and had a an average under 0.200 (11 games for him).

Troy started alternating starts with Martinez in the cal series, gradually started more games, then every tournament game. 

Starting with the cal series, Troy has hit BA=0.225, SLG 0.525, with 4 HRs, 3 of those in the tournament (vs NDSU, UCI, Texas Tech).
Not a of immense proportions average, but some notable power.

The one curious move in this recent stretch was that frosh Carter Graham got one start (vs OSU) and one pinch hit appearance in the tournament (first game vs UCI, the 12-4 win). Martinez hasn't appeared in the postseason.

I guess none of you noticed Martinez going up with an invisible bat! He was in a slump and was not producing.