Martinez will go on paternity leave beginning Thursday. The baby, a girl who will be named Alana, will be induced and born in Venezuela. The slugging first baseman, who entered Wednesday’s game leading the club in all three Triple Crown categories — hitting .322 with 10 homers and 42 runs batted in — will fly five hours to Caracas through Miami and rejoin the team for Monday night’s game in Philadelphia.
Martinez has a 4-year-old son, Matthias, whom he has been trying to get out of Venezuela and to the United States for the past year.
“There’s been a lot of situations,” Martinez said.