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by **mayor quimby** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 3:05 pm

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by **Curtis Pride** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 3:39 pm

he shouldn't be.

He didn't play C at all last year, so he would have no eligibility because of that. So they would only have him eligible at his primary position, which is DH.

by **J35J** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 3:58 pm

If they go by his last played positions he should be. If they just go by the last year, period, it may be as Curtis mentioned. I guess it depends on how they treat a year off.

by **daullaz** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 4:49 pm

Do we remember what Kendrys Morales was last preseason? I assume the same precedent would carry over to V-Mart.

by **Fantasy Sports Genie** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 5:31 pm

I just checked: he is indeed catcher eligible. When a player skips a season, we go back to the previous season to find the position he played the most. DH is a weird case; I'm pretty sure we never conclude someone is primarily a DH, for better or worse. In that year he played catcher 26 times, and 1b 6 times.

by **daullaz** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 11:53 pm

Thanks Genie! I'm going to include him at catcher in my rankings update.

by **Element** » Fri Feb 01, 2013 2:56 pm

Fantasy Sports Genie wrote:I just checked: he is indeed catcher eligible. When a player skips a season, we go back to the previous season to find the position he played the most. DH is a weird case; I'm pretty sure we never conclude someone is primarily a DH, for better or worse. In that year he played catcher 26 times, and 1b 6 times.

Took him at 8.02 in the First Cafe Mock assuming he qualified there. His Yahoo player page had C/DH on it. Phew! :-o

by **jfg** » Fri Feb 01, 2013 4:54 pm

Element wrote:
Took him at 8.02 in the First Cafe Mock assuming he qualified there. His Yahoo player page had C/DH on it. Phew!

That seems about right since according to last years MDP that's where the 6th overall catcher went and that's probably where I'd put Martinez this year. He's 34 and coming off an injury and didn't have the power he used to have in his last full season at age 32. But at the same time, even if the average is down and the power stays the same as the last season he played, the RBI and runs should still be there.