AMERICAN ASSOCIATION ALUMS SHINE IN MLB TOUR OF JAPAN
Source: American Association News
By Bob Wirz Major League Baseball’s goodwill tour of Japan ended with only one victory in six games, but don’t blame the trio of former American Association players on the 29-man roster who held up their end of things and gleaned a nice chunk of publicity at the same time. (Photo Credit: Dallas News, www.w3livenews.com) Reliever Chris Martin, who was 24 when he broke into professional baseball with Grand Prairie in 2010, garnered a great deal of publicity from the Japanese media since he had spent both 2016 and 2017 pitching in the country for the Nippon Ham Fighters. He helped the team to victory in the Japan Series in his first season, and finished with a 1.12 earned run average while giving up only 4.7 hits every nine innings in 92 appearances. Martin returned to his home area’s Texas Rangers last season largely because of an expected addition to the family. The onetime Colorado Rockies and New York Yankees hurler earned a save in MLB’s only victory on the tour with one of the three scoreless innings he recorded. In all, he gave up only one hit while striking out a trio of hitters. “I think it (what was learned…
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