Orelvis Martinez

Orelvis Miguel Martinez...Favorite player is shortstop Didi Gregorius...Signed by the Blue Jays as an international free agent on July 4, 2018...Listed by MLB.com and Baseball America as Toronto’s second-best prospect entering the 2024 season (90th overall)...Listed as MLB.com’s 89th overall prospect heading into 2024.

2024

Appeared in 74 games for the Bisons in 2024, hitting .267 (75-for-281) with 19 doubles, a triple , 76 home runs, 49 RBI, an 8.5% walk rate, a 23.8% strikeout rate, a .367 wOBA, a .523 SLG, an .866 OPS, an average exit velocity of 89.3mph and a 46.1% hard-hit rate...Against left-handed pitching at Triple-A, hit .300 (21-for-70) with five doubles, five homers, 13 RBI, a .586 SLG, a .965 OPS and a 47.3% hard-hit rate...Recalled from Triple-A Buffalo on June 18...At the time of his recall, ranked T-1st in the International League in HR (16), T-1st in XBH (30), third in total bases (123), and T-6th in RBI (46)...On June 21 at CLE, recorded his first MLB hit with a single off RHP Carlos Carrasco in 6th inning...Was suspended for 80 games on June 23 after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance.

2023

Appeared at MLB Spring Training for the third straight year, playing in 11 games batting .333 (7-for-21) with four runs scored, a pair of doubles, two home runs, seven RBI, three walks, and a 1.154 OPS...Named an MiLB.com Organization All-Star for the second time in his career, after splitting the 2023 season between Double-A New Hampshire and Triple-A Buffalo...Set career-highs in games played (125), at-bats (448), runs scored (70), hits (109), RBI (94) and walks (67), to go along with a .243 batting average (109-for-448), 25 doubles, a pair of triples and 28 home runs with a .835 OPS...Named International League player of the week on September 17, 2023, after going 9-for25 (.360) homering in three consecutive games...Led all Blue Jays Minor Leaguers in home runs (28) and RBI (94), with a .496 SLG, a .253 ISO, a .835 OPS and a 114 wRC+....Posted a career-best 12.5% walk rate with the second-lowest strikeout rate of his career at 23.4% (17.8% in 2019)...Played 10 games for the Tigres del Licey of the Dominican Winter League, going 7-for-32 (.219) with two doubles and five RBI.

2022

Spent the 2022 season with Double-A New Hampshire...Batted .203 (88-for-433) over 118 games with 15 doubles, 30 home runs and 76 RBI... His 30 home runs set a Fisher Cats single-season record, surpassing the 27 jacks hit by Chip Cannon (2006) and Eric Thames (2010)...The 30 bombs trailed only Erie’s Quincy Nieporte (31) for the most among Eastern League hitters... Added to the 40-man roster after the season to protect him from the Rule 5 Draft.

2021

Named Blue Jays Minor League Player of the Year by Baseball America... Appeared in 10 Spring Training games, going 4-for-11 (.364) with three runs, a double, a home run, three RBI, a walk and six strikeouts... Played 71 games with the Low-A Dunedin Blue Jays before earning a promotion to High-A Vancouver where he appeared in 27 contests...Combined to bat .261 with 26 doubles, two triples, 28 home runs and 87 RBI (.345 OBP, .549 SLG, .895 OPS)...Of his combined 103 hits between Dunedin and Vancouver, 56 went for extra bases.

2020

Spent the summer at Toronto’s alternate training site... Took part in the Blue Jays’ Fall Development League in Dunedin, FL.

2019

Started his pro career in 2019 with Toronto’s Gulf Coast League affiliate...Batted .275 with 30 extra-base hits and 32 RBI in 40 games...Named Baseball America’s top GCL prospect and was also dubbed a GCL Post-Season All-Star.