Ex-Giant Prospect Sharion Martis to make his MLB debut tonight

Traded to the Nats in 06 for Mike Stanton, Martis is set to make his first career start tonight. I'll probably tune in to check him out.

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Also, a nice article from July on his development. He’s only 21-years-old and he pitched in the Futures Game this year.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080713&content_id=3131154&vkey=news_was&fext=.jsp&c_id=was

For the season, Martis is a combined 4-5 with 3.94 ERA for Double-A Harrisburg and Triple-A Columbus. He has 78 strikeouts in 98 1/3 innings. But what opened a lot of eyes was that Martis added velocity to his fastball. The righty’s fastball clocked in at 94 mph this year after registering in the high 80s last season.

Mike Stanton is no longer in baseball.

Michael Ambort: Dude hits TATERS.
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by xanthan on Sep 4, 2008 10:59 AM PDT 0 recs

Ahh, fuckenstein

¿Julio is tourist in San Francisco? Harper's Bizarre!

by hairball on Sep 4, 2008 11:16 AM PDT up 0 recs

Stanton did get us a draft pick which we turned into Culberson, who looks like a dud right

Michael Ambort: Dude hits TATERS.
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by xanthan on Sep 4, 2008 11:18 AM PDT up 0 recs

*right now.

Michael Ambort: Dude hits TATERS.
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by xanthan on Sep 4, 2008 11:18 AM PDT up 0 recs

HEY GUYS

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by delorean on Sep 4, 2008 11:23 AM PDT up 0 recs

http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2008/08/31/the-dugout-536/

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Sep 4, 2008 11:24 AM PDT up 0 recs

ITS ME XAN

THAN

Michael Ambort: Dude hits TATERS.
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by xanthan on Sep 4, 2008 11:24 AM PDT up 0 recs

son of fuckenstein

¿Julio is tourist in San Francisco? Harper's Bizarre!

by hairball on Sep 4, 2008 11:20 AM PDT up 0 recs

He’ll be the second youngest pitcher to play in the majors this year. Fuck Brian Sabean.

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by JakeS on Sep 4, 2008 2:10 PM PDT 0 recs

I'll be very surprised....

if his career eclipses that of teh mighty Jerome Williams.

Uncle Sabes...How much longer til we get there?

by NorCalGiant on Sep 4, 2008 2:14 PM PDT up 0 recs

Which I googled and found him here...

http://mlntherawfeed.squarespace.com/baseball-transactions/2008/4/5/long-beach-armada-sign-former-mlb-pitcher-jerome-williams-go.html

Playing for the Long Beach Armada in Independent League ball. So he’s not out of baseball, yet. I mean come on….he’s playing for the NATIONALS!?! Come on guys, Palmer would most likely be in the starting rotation over there.

Uncle Sabes...How much longer til we get there?

by NorCalGiant on Sep 4, 2008 2:17 PM PDT up 0 recs

He was purchased by the Dodgers after starting the season with Long Beach.

by rotorueter on Sep 4, 2008 2:23 PM PDT up 0 recs

Regardless, he’s a legitimate prospect and we traded him for garbage. Martis could kill Elijah Dukes (and boy, it was a struggle for me to come up with a good player on the Nats to insert to that line) in a knife fight tomorrow and it would still have been a inexcusable trade.

Barry Zito: Mike Hampton with a guitar

by JakeS on Sep 4, 2008 2:17 PM PDT up 0 recs

Forgetting, of course, Ryan Zimmerman, the good player on the Nats. headslap

Barry Zito: Mike Hampton with a guitar

by JakeS on Sep 4, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up 0 recs

It’s easy to forget him since he rarely plays.

Farewell, Ray. We'll miss your smile and your sugar. Welcome, Steve Hammond "Eggs". Throw strikes.
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by Natto on Sep 4, 2008 2:38 PM PDT up 0 recs

Lastings Milledge has been hitting recently.

Travis Denker can hit a little. That's why I drive his bus.

by oldjacket on Sep 4, 2008 4:17 PM PDT up 0 recs

also

jesus flores looks pretty good.

BROCK BOND LIKES HIS MARTINIS PUNCHED IN THE FACE, NOT STIRRED.

by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Sep 4, 2008 5:11 PM PDT up 0 recs

MEH.

Trash for little better than trash. He caught my eye earlier this year….he had a 5 ERA in AA…not impressive. Yeah. He’s young and in the big leagues. So are a lot of people right now. Doesn’t mean they amount to anything more than a pay raise.

Uncle Sabes...How much longer til we get there?

by NorCalGiant on Sep 4, 2008 2:20 PM PDT up 0 recs

He’s put up strong numbers over the last two years while being young for his leagues (very young this year), and regardless of whether he had a 5 ERA when you happened to check he actually finished the year with a 3.98 ERA there. He’s not a top prospect but he’s a blue chip guy and I’d certainly much rather have him in our system then ever have seen Mike Stanton in a Giants uniform (and more than Charlie Culberson if you want to go that route).

Barry Zito: Mike Hampton with a guitar

by JakeS on Sep 4, 2008 2:23 PM PDT up 0 recs

True.

I’ll give you that. We’ll see how he works out. I know he was something to watch in the system a couple years back before he got traded, but that doesn’t mean anything. Time will tell I suppose.

Uncle Sabes...How much longer til we get there?

by NorCalGiant on Sep 4, 2008 2:26 PM PDT up 0 recs

and arguing that...

Culberson isn’t a great pick at the comp spot we got for ditching Stanton has nothing to do with the necessity or the value of the trade itself. It’s an afterthought, AT BEST.

Uncle Sabes...How much longer til we get there?

by NorCalGiant on Sep 4, 2008 2:28 PM PDT up 0 recs

Killed Elijah Dukes in a knife fight before or after Dukes threw a bottle of Gatorade at him?

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 9, 2008 1:34 PM PDT up 0 recs

still hate to hear the trade brought up

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by raisingcain on Sep 4, 2008 3:28 PM PDT 0 recs

This just reminds me how sad it was that we had Mike Stanton as our closer at one point.

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by Natto on Sep 5, 2008 12:57 PM PDT 0 recs

Sharion the Hunter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_PO9TgKoFo

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by delorean on Sep 5, 2008 3:14 PM PDT 0 recs

Can’t say i’m bothered by that trade to be honest, Martis has never struck me as that good a prospect. He’s worth more than Stanton obviously, but not as valuable as a Sandwich pick in my opinion. We didn’t end up using that pick very well, but that’s a different issue & so i have no problem with that particular trade.

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by GiantFan on Sep 6, 2008 12:40 PM PDT 0 recs