Joe Martarano finds himself at an interesting crossroads again.
When he emerged from Fruitland High as one of Idaho's best pro baseball prospects in years, opportunities in the Major League and the Boise State football team beckoned. For a while, he balanced both before leaving college football in March 2017 to play in the Chicago Cubs' system.
An ankle injury kept him out of almost all spring training work this year, and the Cubs released him April 16. Working out back home, he's getting healthy and hoping for another Major League shot — or perhaps a return to the football field.