And after framing 55 more Saturday afternoon, Carson Kelly had some words for those of us who are worried about Carlos Martinez’s curious camp.
Martinez had just carved through a lineup of minor-league Marlins for four innings, allowing two hits and one run. Cheap ones at that. One of the hits bounced off an infielder’s glove. The RBI triple that should have been a double pinballed around the outfield longer than it should have. Martinez walked two. He also struck out six and made many baby Marlins look very, very silly.
Factor in the off-the-field unknowns — I’m talking about the rather sketchy civil suit against Martinez for his alleged role in an alleged assault outside a strip club in 2014, and the Grapefruit League start he asked out of earlier this month for personal reasons he declined to clarify — and it’s not outlandish to wonder about Martinez.