2019 15th round pick (438): Kyle Martin - RHP - (JR) Fordham (NY)

[weams]

6' 3 215lbs
DOB:03/15/98

http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=206034

[JMU_Birdfan]

@Moose Milligan here's your reliever

[Moose Milligan]

https://fordhamsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9539

 

2018: Continued to be one of the top relievers in the Atlantic 10 as a sophomore... Made a career-high 30 appearances, all in relief... Led the Rams with a 1.62 ERA and 10 saves, while posting a 3-2 record... Ranked fourth on the squad with a personal-best 56 strikeouts in 39 innings pitched... Held opponents to a .158 batting average... Was excellent in conference play, posting a 1.88 ERA, six saves, and 27 strikeouts in 14.1 innings... Earned his first save against Army West Point, throwing 1.1 innings of hitless relief with two strikeouts (2/21)... Tossed two scoreless innings to record a save against Coppin State (3/10)... Struck out the side to earn a win against Cornell (3/17)... Also picked up a win in relief with a scoreless inning against Davidson (3/25)... Had two saves and five strikeouts over 2.1 innings of relief in the Rams' series against Rhode Island (4/7-8)... Also earned saves in games against La Salle (4/14), Fairfield (4/17), and Yale (4/24)... Struck out four batters over two innings in an extra-inning win at Saint Joseph's (4/28)... Tied a career-high with five strikeouts over two scoreless innings against Hofstra (5/1)... Registered his eighth save against Dayton with three strikeouts over two innings (5/6)... Had two saves and four strikeouts in 1.1 innings of relief in the series at Massachusetts (5/11-13)... Recorded his third relief win of the year at the Atlantic 10 Championship over VCU after posting two scoreless innings of relief (5/23).

2017: Named Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball... First Ram to earn Freshman All-American honors since 2011... Selected to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team... Was Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week once... Made a team-high 23 appearances as a freshman, posting a 6-1 record with one save and a 2.76 ERA over 32.2 innings of work... Was third on the team in strikeouts with 45, while having just seven walks... His six wins tied for the team lead and were the most by a freshman since Chris Pike in 2011... Opened his career with three strikeouts over 1.1 innings of relief at Houston Baptist (2/19)... Allowed just one run over two innings to earn his first career win over Manhattan (3/8)... Struck out five batters over 2.1 innings of hitless relief to get a win over Iona (3/21)... Tossed two innings of one-hit relief against Saint Peter's with three strikeouts for his first career save (4/5)... Also struck out three in a win at Siena (4/11)... Earned the win in relief against Saint Joseph's, benefiting from Jason Lundy's walk-off home run (4/13)... Tied a season-high with five strikeouts against Columbia (4/19)... Totaled three scoreless innings in two appearances against VCU, combining for five strikeouts (4/22-23)... Pitched a combined 3.2 innings of one-hit relief in two appearances at Rhode Island (4/29-30), which including a 2.2 inning effort in the finale, where he had four strikeouts... Tossed 2.1 scoreless innings against LIU Brooklyn to earn his sixth victory of the year (5/7)... Had three strikeouts in the season finale at St. Bonaventure (5/20).

Before Fordham:  Part of the varsity baseball team at Oceanside High School since his freshman season... 2016 recipient of the Doug Robins Diamond Award, given to the best pitcher in Nassau County... Earned First Team All-Long Island, All-State, and All-Metro as a senior... Posted a 5-0 record with a 0.40 and 60 strikeouts in 35 innings pitched, while batting .390 with six home runs and 24 RBI... Named All-Conference as a freshman and All-County as a sophomore... Had an outstanding junior season, earning First Team All-New York State honors by the NYSSWA... Also named to the All-USA NY Baseball First Team by USA Today High School Sports and was a Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American... Batted .451 with three home runs and 24 RBI as a junior, while on the hill, he was 7-1 with a 1.06 ERA and 93 strikeouts in 51 innings pitched.  Those numbers made him a finalist for the Diamond Award..  Two-time league and team MVP... Ranked in the top 100 players on Long Island by Newsday and Baseball Player Magazine, while Blue Chip Prospects rated him as the third-best prospect on Long Island... Named to the honor roll every quarter of high school and was the recipient of the Golden Key for his participation in athletics and work in the classroom.

Major: Political Science.

[BohKnowsBmore]

65 K in 44.1 IP

Owns the program record in saves (21)

[justD]

Looks like it's really easy to confuse this Kyle Martin with a player that pitched in the Red Sox organization recently...

[MurphDogg]

Got the full $125K bonus.