Francis Martes
Francis Euclides Martes Suazo is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball. Martes was signed by the Miami Marlins as an international free agent in 2012. He made his MLB debut in 2017.Career
Miami Marlins
Martes was signed by the Miami Marlins as an international free agent in November 2012. He made his professional debut in 2013 with the Dominican Summer League Marlins.Houston Astros
On July 31, 2014, Martes along with Colin Moran and Jake Marisnick were traded from the Marlins to the Houston Astros for Jarred Cosart, Enrique Hernández and Austin Wates. Martes started 2015 with the Quad Cities River Bandits. He was later that season promoted to the Lancaster JetHawks and Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks. He returned to Corpus Christi in 2016 and after the season played in the Arizona Fall League. The Astros invited Martes to spring training as a non-roster player in 2017. Martes began the 2017 season with the Fresno Grizzlies of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League.
The Astros promoted Martes to the MLB for the first time on June 8, 2017. He made his MLB debut the next day. In 32 appearances of 2017, Martes had a 5-2 record and a 5.80 ERA. He returned to Fresno in 2018. On August 15, 2018, Martes underwent Tommy John surgery. On March 12, 2019, Martes was suspended for 80 games for using clomiphene in a violation of the MLB Joint Drug Prevention & Treatment program. On February 17, 2020, Martes was suspended for 162 games for another violation of the MLB Joint Drug Prevention & Treamtent program, this time for using boldenone.
