Trevor

Martin

Martin is the unfortunate casualty of an overworked bullpen. The right-hander threw three innings on Monday, and then the Rays needed to use the majority of their other fresh relievers on Tuesday after Steven Matz’s short start, so they need to add more fresh arms. Martin should be back up in short order.

Martin was just optioned out on Wednesday, but he’ll rejoin the Rays’ bullpen with Craig Kimbrel (wrist) landing on the injured list. The 25-year-old hurler holds a 3.68 ERA, 1.64 WHIP and a 5/3 K/BB ratio over 7 1/3 innings in four appearances with the Rays this season.

Martin is sent down to make room for Jon Heasley. The 25-year-old will likely be up and down for the majority of 2026.

Martin has a 6.23 ERA in three appearances for the Rays this year, as well as a 2.40 ERA in 12 appearances for Durham. He’ll remain part of the low-leverage shuffle in Tampa Bay.

With Casey Legumina joining the team’s active roster on Sunday, someone needed to go to make room in the bullpen and unfortunately Martin was the odd man out this time around. The 25-year-old hurler registered a 6.23 ERA, 1.62 WHIP and a 4/1 K/BB ratio over 4 1/3 innings in his three appearances with the Rays. He’ll continue to function as extra bullpen depth at the Triple-A level.

The Rays needed a reliever with Mason Englert (forearm) on the IL, so Martin was added to the 40-man roster, and Michael Grove was transferred to the 60-day injured list. Martin has thrown 9 1/3 scoreless innings at Triple-A this season with an 11/6 K/BB ratio.