José Marte

Marte signed up with the San Francisco Giants as an international free agent in July 2015. He made his professional debut with the Dominican Summer League Giants, posting a 1.89 ERA in 5 games. Marte split the 2016 season between the rookie-level AZL Giants and the Low-A Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, accumulating a 2-5 record and 5.24 ERA in 15 games (14 of them starts). The following year, Marte played for the Single-A Augusta GreenJackets, pitching to a 7-7 record and 4.70 ERA in 25 starts. In 2019, Marte played for the High-A San Jose Giants, recording a 3-9 record and 5.59 ERA with 80 strikeouts in 74.0 innings across 18 games.[1] Marte did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] In 2021, Marte began the year with the High-A Eugene Emeralds, and was promoted to the Double-A Richmond Flying Squirrels after 5 games. He logged a 3.57 ERA in 19 games for Richmond.

On July 30, 2021, the Giants traded Marte, Sam Selman, and Ivan Armstrong to the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for Tony Watson.[3] He was assigned to the Double-A Rocket City Trash Pandas, where he made three scoreless appearances, and also struggled to an 8.59 ERA in 7 games for the Triple-A Salt Lake Bees.

The Angels called up Marte to the major leagues for the first time on August 20, 2021.[4] He made his MLB debut that day, tossing 2 scoreless innings against the Cleveland Indians. Marte finished his rookie year with a 9.00 ERA in 4 big league appearances.

Marte split the 2022 season between the Angels and Salt Lake. He struggled to a 7.36 ERA with 15 strikeouts across 11 appearances for the Angels, while posting an improved 5.45 ERA with 46 strikeouts and 3 saves in 34 games for the Bees.

On March 20, 2023, Marte was shut down for four weeks after being diagnosed with a stress reaction is his right elbow.[5] On August 22, he was activated from the injured list and subsequently optioned to Triple–A Salt Lake.[6]