Nick Martini


Nicholas Scott Martini is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Philadelphia Phillies organization. He previously played in the big leagues for the Oakland Athletics and San Diego Padres.

Career

Amateur

Martini is from Crystal Lake, Illinois, and grew up as a fan of the Chicago Cubs. He graduated from Prairie Ridge High School in Crystal Lake in 2008; Martini attended Kansas State University where he played college baseball for the Kansas State Wildcats. In 2010, Martini won the Big 12 Conference's Baseball Player of the Year Award, sharing the honor with Aaron Senne. After the 2010 season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Martini safely reached base in 93 consecutive games during the 2009 through 2011 seasons.

St. Louis Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals selected Martini in the seventh round of the 2011 MLB draft. After playing for seven years in the Cards’ Minor League Baseball system, he was granted free agency, on November 6, 2017.

Oakland Athletics

Martini signed with the Oakland Athletics as a free agent, prior to the 2018 season. The Athletics promoted him to the major leagues, on June 6, 2018. On June 23, Martini got his first hit, which drove in the winning run, in a 7-6 victory over the Chicago White Sox. On September 20, he hit his first big league home run off Los Angeles Angels catcher Francisco Arcia, who had been summoned to pitch in mop-up duty in a 21-3 blowout victory by the A's. Martini finished the season with a slash line of.296/.397/.414.
The Athletics optioned Martini to Triple-A Las Vegas before the 2019 season and called him up on July 22. He pitched the eighth inning of a 11-1 loss to the Houston Astros, giving up two walks but no runs, and was returned to Las Vegas the next day. On August 25, Martini was designated for assignment.

San Diego Padres

On August 28, 2019, Martini was claimed off waivers by the San Diego Padres. He was designated for assignment on November 20, 2019.

Cincinnati Reds

On November 25, 2019, Martini was claimed off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds. He was designated for assignment on January 8, 2020, following the signing of Shogo Akiyama.

Philadelphia Phillies

On January 14th, 2020, Martini was claimed off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies. He was designated for assignment on February 15.