About Carlos Martínez (pitcher, born 1991)
Carlos Ernesto Martínez (born September 21, 1991), nicknamed "Tsunami", is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals. Originally signed by the Boston Red Sox as an international free agent in 2009, MLB voided his contract due to discrepancies over his name and date of birth after the revelation that he was also known as Carlos Matias. However, he was eventually cleared of wrongdoing, as it was found that the inconsistencies arose from poor record keeping. The Cardinals signed Martínez in 2010, and he became a consensus top-100 prospect within Minor League Baseball and one of the Cardinals' highest-rated prospects. A starter in the minor leagues, he made his MLB debut in 2013 and performed mainly in relief roles in his first two seasons in the major leagues, then earned a spot in the Cardinal's rotation in 2015. During his first MLB season, fans gave him the nickname "Little Pedro," due to the similarities in physique and pitching mechanics to former Cy Young Award winner Pedro Martínez. Martínez pitched with the Cardinals through 2021. MLB suspended him twice in 2022, first for violating the minor league's performance enhancing drug policy, then later for violating the domestic violence policy. After serving those suspensions, Martínez began pitching in the Mexican League.
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