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CLEVELAND, OHIO - APRIL 28: Angel Martínez #1 of the Cleveland Guardians celebrates after reaching second on a fly ball to right field in the ninth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Progressive Field on April 28, 2026 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Russell Lee Verlinger/Cleveland Guardians/Getty Images) | Getty Images Folks, we have to have a conversation about Angel Martinez. After tonight’s two-run homer to put the Guardians’ ahead of Tito Francona’s persnickity Reds, Martinez has a 125 wRC+ with eight homers and eight doubles.
Martinez has a sustainable . 290 BABIP. While he as outperformed his xWOBA a bit (.
338 to . 315 coming into tonight), but he is also third on the team and 36th in MLB in pulled-fly ball rate at 25. 2% which generally helps players outperform their expected stats.
Most excitingly, Martinez had a wRC+ of 127 vs. RHP coming into tonight, and 93 against LHP. Up until this season, in the majors, Martinez had a wRC+ around 60 vs.