Tuesday was a great day for top Met prospects, but as Met fans know all too well, the results haven’t always been quite so spectacular. Fernando Martinez, the great hope just a few years ago, was finally waived by the Mets last year. This year, he was DFA’d by the Astros on the same day they DFA’d Rick Ankiel.
Just as the Mets learned with Ankiel that when you’re not good enough for the Astros’ outfield, you’re probably not that good, the Yankees now have a chance to learn that with Martinez after trading a rookie-ball pitcher for him.
Martinez does have one characteristic that could help him fit in with the Yankees – he’s been linked to the Biogenesis scandal.
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