{"id":725459,"date":"2026-06-14T05:24:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T05:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/725459\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T05:24:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T05:24:31","slug":"angels-outright-omar-martinez-mlb-trade-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/725459\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels Outright Omar Martinez &#8211; MLB Trade Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Angels announced that catcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/martiom01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-06-13_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Omar Martinez<\/a> has cleared waivers and was assigned outright to Triple-A Salt Lake. The backstop was designated for assignment last week in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlbtraderumors.com\/2026\/06\/angels-announce-several-roster-moves.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">series of moves<\/a> that included outfielder\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/campegu01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-06-06_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gustavo Campero<\/a> being added to the 40-man roster. Campero had a looming opt-out clause in his deal.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez appeared in five games with the Angels. Most of his time with the club came on defense, as he totaled just three plate appearances. The 24-year-old did manage his first hit, drilling a single in his debut at-bat. Martinez went 0-for-2 in his lone start.<\/p>\n<p>The Angels added Martinez on a minor league deal in November. He\u2019d spent his entire pro career in the Yankees organization. New York signed him as an international free agent out of Venezuela in 2018. Martinez put together some strong offensive seasons at the lower rungs of the minors, but has struggled at the upper levels. He hit .212 in his first stop at Double-A last year. The backstop posted a 63 wRC+ in 23 games after moving to Triple-A.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez has slashed .189\/.308\/.369 with Salt Lake this season. He\u2019s popped six home runs in 130 plate appearances, but he\u2019s also struck out at a 33.1% clip. Martinez will head back to the Bees after no team put in a claim during the waiver process. This is the first time he\u2019s been outrighted, so he had to accept the minor league assignment.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles has had a tough time finding consistent production behind the plate this season. The club ranks 23rd in OPS at the position heading into Saturday. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/o\/ohopplo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-06-13_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Logan O\u2019Hoppe<\/a> has a 76 wRC+ through 46 games. He\u2019s struggled mightily with the glove, posting -8 Defensive Runs Saved. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/darnatr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-06-13_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Travis d\u2019Arnaud<\/a> had an identical 76 wRC+ through 40 plate appearances as O\u2019Hoppe\u2019s backup. He\u2019s now on the 60-day IL with plantar fasciitis. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/riverse01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-06-13_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sebastian Rivero<\/a> is backing up O\u2019Hoppe now. He\u2019s been solid as a defender (2 DRS), but he has a sub-.600 OPS.<\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of Gerry Angus, Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Angels announced that catcher Omar Martinez has cleared waivers and was assigned outright to Triple-A Salt Lake.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":725460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5,4,40262],"class_list":["post-725459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-omar-martinez"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116746797956718977","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=725459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/725460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}