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Chuck Marte
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players
Pitching He can get groundballs when he needs them in a jam. Marte has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. The Retired or Inactive Players hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. He comes right after righthanded hitters, who are lucky even to reach base against him, but he works more carefully to lefties.
Defense & Hitting He's reasonably quick to the plate but needs to vary his pickoff moves. Good baserunners appeared to time him last year. Marte is nothing special in the field. Marte is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Marte has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Marte as a pinch-runner on occasion.
2025 Outlook Marte has below average skills, even for the low minors. One has to expect the Retired or Inactive Players will give him his walking papers before the end of the season. I just don't know if The Retired or Inactive Players are ever going to get what they expect out of him.
-- Ska Nyman, A-Ball Scout
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