FORT WAYNE — In his first full professional season, Nathan Martorella‘s name is scattered among Midwest League leaders in multiple…
You must be logged in to view this content.
Covering the San Diego Padres top prospects and minor league system
Close
[…] Prospect Watch: The TinCaps have won nine of their last twelve games and, even more impressively, have held Lansing scoreless for the past 27 innings. Lucas Dunn tripled home the first of Fort Wayne’s runs then scored the next one on the first of two TinCaps sacrifice flies. The Summit City squad added two more runs in the eighth, but the pitching staff ensured they wouldn’t be necessary. Bodi Rascon, 22, got his first win of the season with five scoreless innings. Although the lefty only notched one strikeout, he was in the zone often and only issued one walk. The 6-foot-5 Texan, an overslot signee away from Oklahoma State, throws from a three-quarters delivery. He pairs a fastball in the low 90s with a splitter that tunnels off of the fastball when it’s on to go. He can also mix ina changeup and a two-seam fastball. … Nick Thwaits had one of his better outings of the year, only facing 11 batters over three innings. The righty has fought his control this year, walking 14 in 24 innings after giving up just 19 free passes all year in 2022. … Nathan Martorella had the club’s only multi-hit game to continue a strong May. The 22-year-old first baseman is hitting .325/.438/.558 for the month, and the intense former Cal-Berkeley star is second in the league in RBI. […]
[…] the Midwest League and is walking almost as often as he strikes out. Over the last three months, Martorella has gone from a nice college bat, to a legitimate first-base prospect. The offensive bar is high at the position, thus only the Rays’ Kyle Manzardo ranks among the […]
[…] Last year, you mentioned how you work out during the season when you have a game to play that night …. You lost the weight – but what were you working skill-wise in the offseason? […]