Prospect Profile: Eddy Julio Martinez Beginning to Warm Up

Eddy Martinez has come along way since this 2014 pictureBeginning your professional career in a snowstorm is not an easy thing. For Eddy Julio Martinez, playing in snow was probably not what he imagined when he inked a deal with the Cubs last October. The Cubs signed Martinez as part of their 2015–16 international free agent class, but the deal came a few months after most other IFA’s had been inked. In a strange twist, the Giants announced they had signed him for $2.5 million a week before the Cubs did. It some time to sort out, but the Cubs’ contract with Martinez was deemed the valid one.

Adding to the strangeness of the whole mess was that the Cubs signed EJM for only $3 million, though…