martinezslide.jpgLast year, Frank Martinez hit .167 for Vancouver, got dropped to the
Arizona Rookie League, and hit .205 down there. In short, he stank up
the joint.

Of course, that didn’t stop Oakland from bringing him back
to Vancouver for the playoffs, and it didn’t stop C’s manager Juan
Navarette from starting him, leading Vancouver to a miserable playoff
exit.

Fast forward six months and, somehow, Frank Martinez is exploding,
earning the Midwest League’s Offensive Player of the Week title in the
process. Freaky Frank drove in 14 runs and hit three dingers while
notching nine runs by himself, which makes him Kane County’s primary
offensive source to date.

And yes, that blows my mind.