Talking Chop · Aug 1, 2019
Get to know Braves’ reliever Chris Martin
Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty ImagesBy the time the Braves had recorded the last out of their series victory over the Washington Nationals on July 31, not long before the 2019 Trade Deadline, their relief corps had fallen into a very sorry state: last in all of baseball in fWAR. Fortunately, Alex Anthopoulos and the Front Office were hard at work, acquiring three arms via trade to supplement the faltering bullpen. The first of these dominos for Atlanta was Texas Rangers right-hander Chris Martin, acquired on July 30 in exchange for 2015 first-round draft pick Kolby Allard. Martin’s story and style are unusual, and I hope you’ll find it as interesting as I do.
Before the bigs