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I think Carlos Martinez is consistently being undervalued in this forum. Granted he wasn’t productive in 2019 and 2020. But he just turned 29 years old, and prior to 2019 he was a top of rotation pitcher who was well regarded throughout MLB. On top of that he’s only owed a paltry $11.7M for 2021, $17M for 2022, and $18M for 2023 plus a team can opt out after 2021 if they don’t want to keep him around. The Twins should be all over this guy for any prospect of theirs that St. Louis would ask for. The Marines would be better from having CMart, also. I would like to acquire a near ready top prospect, and let O’Neill start the year in left field, rather than another veteran who’s just hanging around to collect his last multi-million dollar contract before he calls if a career. No thanks to 34 yer old Michael Brantley.
