Hamstring Hampering Martinez’s Power Numbers
Eric Wedge said Sunday that the lack of power for Indians catcher Victor Martinez can be traced to a hamstring injury suffered back on opening day March 31st. Martinez, who has a career average 25 homers per year in his MLB career, has no homers in 168 at-bats heading into tonights game at Texas. Right now Martinez is mired in a 10-for-57 slump that has dropped his average to .292. 39 of 49 hits in 2008 are singles.
Matt has covered Major League Baseball and the "other two" Pro teams in Cleveland since 1994. He has been on the beat of the Indians in full-time mode since 1996, working for various raido and print networks around the country.
