Adrián Martínez (baseball)

Adrián Misael Martínez (born December 10, 1996) is a Mexican professional baseball pitcher in the Oakland Athletics organization. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut in 2022.

San Diego Padres
Martínez signed with the San Diego Padres as an international free agent in February 2015. He spent the 2015 season with the Dominican Summer League Padres, recording a 4.41 ERA with 19 strikeouts over $16 1/3$ innings. He missed 2016 after undergoing Tommy John surgery. He returned in 2017 with the Arizona League Padres, going 2–3 with a 4.50 ERA and 37 strikeouts over 30 innings. He split the 2018 season between the Fort Wayne TinCaps of the Class A Midwest League and the Tri-City Dust Devils of the Class A Short Season Northwest League, combining to go 4–6 with a 6.90 ERA and 78 strikeouts over $74 1/3$ innings. He split the 2019 season between Fort Wayne and the Lake Elsinore Storm of the Class A-Advanced California League, going a combined 7–4 with a 3.22 ERA and 76 strikeouts over 81 innings. Martínez did not play in 2020, with the cancelation of the minor league season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He opened the 2021 season with the San Antonio Missions of the Double-A Central, going 7–3 with a 2.34 ERA and 83 strikeouts over $80 2/3$ innings. He was then promoted to the El Paso Chihuahuas of the Triple-A West league. Over 9 games for El Paso, Martínez went 1–2 with a 5.28 ERA and 39 strikeouts over $44 1/3$ innings.

On November 7, 2021, Martínez was selected to San Diego's 40-man roster.

Oakland Athletics
On April 3, 2022, the Padres traded Martínez, along with Euribiel Angeles, to the Oakland Athletics for Sean Manaea. He opened the 2022 season with the Las Vegas Aviators. On May 10, he was promoted to the active roster to make his MLB debut. He made his MLB debut that day, earning his first career victory with 5.1 shutout innings against the Detroit Tigers.

Martínez was optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas to begin the 2023 season. He made 22 appearances for Oakland in 2023, posting a 4.75 ERA with 47 strikeouts across 55.0 innings pitched.

During spring training in 2024, Martínez surrendered four runs in $1 1⁄3$ innings, and was optioned to Triple–A Las Vegas to begin the season as a result. On March 31, 2024, he was designated for assignment following the waiver claim of Tyler Nevin. Martínez cleared waivers and was sent outright to Las Vegas on April 3.