Leyder Martínez

Junior de Barranquilla. NY Mets. Música, fútbol y béisbol. Ingeniero mecánico. Tómalo a la ligera, no todo va en serio. @eldugoutbeisbol

[Leyder Martínez @SeeYouLeyder]

El abrazo de Teo y Cantillo y después el abrazo entre Teo y Julio. Locura todo, el ídolo más grande de Junior tiene que ser Julio Avelino y no lo pienso discutir.

[Leyder Martínez @SeeYouLeyder]

Jajaja y si, bastante cruel cómo perdieron cada partido.

[jack @Jolly_Olive]

The dome, the walk off, now this.

What a cruel series for Padres fans.

[Leyder Martínez @SeeYouLeyder]

13K en 8 y 1/3, qué números. Y pensar lo difícil que es eso ahora.
PD: Uno pensaría que contra the big red machine, esta tendría que ser una de las mejores actuaciones de su carrera, pero Seaver tiene muchas así.

[MetsRewind @metsrewind]

October 6, 1973: The @Mets drop Game 1 of 1973 NLCS, 2-1, to the @Reds. Despite 13 K's in 8 1/3 IP, Tom Seaver took the loss when Johnny Bench hit a walk-off HR in the bottom of the ninth. Listen to the complete radio broadcast on Substack: https://t.co/xrNbxjCoqP. #LGM

[Leyder Martínez @SeeYouLeyder]

@DaniFRamirez No puede ser viejo JAJAJAJAJAJAJA

[Leyder Martínez @SeeYouLeyder]

Qué historia.

[the Sports ON Tap @thesportsontap]

His father had not watched him pitch since he left Colombia at 15.

Tonight, at 21, he retired 11 Los Angeles Dodgers in a row.

No reliever that young has ever done that in a playoff game.

His name is Didier Fuentes and he pitches for the Atlanta Braves.

Atlanta was down a game to nothing in the division series, on the road at Dodger Stadium, and manager Walt Weiss had already burned through four pitchers by the sixth inning.

So he went and got the 21 year old.

Fuentes got the sixth. Then the seventh. Then the eighth. Then two outs in the ninth.

Eleven batters. Eleven outs. Not one of them reached base.

Then Max Muncy got him with a two-strike, two-out home run to make it 3 to 2, and Raisel Iglesias came in and finished it off.

Braves 3, Dodgers 2. The series is tied and it is headed back to Atlanta.

Now here is the number.

Eleven in a row is the longest streak by a reliever 21 or younger in a postseason game in the history of Major League Baseball.

The last pitcher that young to put up a streak like that in any game, regular season included, was Tom Gordon of the Kansas City Royals. April 12, 1989.

So go back.

Fuentes is from Tolu, a small coastal town in Colombia. Atlanta signed him in January 2022 for $75,000.

That is not a typo. Seventy five thousand dollars. He did not crack the top 200 international amateurs signed that year.

Three players from that entire signing class have reached the major leagues. He is one of the three.

He had left home at 15 to chase it.

And his father did not watch him throw a pitch in person again until June 20, 2025, when Didier made his major league debut against the Miami Marlins. Ramon Fuentes flew up from Colombia for it.

Three days after his son turned 20.

Top of the first inning, two outs, Austin Riley lifted a foul ball into the seats.

Ramon caught it. Barehanded.

An analyst watching it happen said what everybody was thinking.

"There are people that'll tell you about going to big league ball games for 30, 40 years and never getting a foul ball."

Be honest about tonight. Atlanta still has to win two more games to advance. Muncy did take him deep. He is 21 years old and this is his first postseason.

But a kid left a coastal town in Colombia at 15 for $75,000 and a maybe.

His dad flew up to see him pitch in the big leagues, and the first foul ball of the game landed in his bare hands.

And tonight that kid walked into Dodger Stadium in October and got eleven of them in a row.

[korraleja.co ® | Noticias Sincelejo @Korraleja]

🔵 Así fue el ponche propinado por el joven lanzador sucreño #DidierFuentes al #japonés Shohei #Ohtani.

Fuentes retiró a 11 bateadores consecutivos, la racha más larga de un relevista de 21 años o menos en un juego de #postemporada en la historia de la #MLB.

Ningún relevista de 21 años o menos ha tenido una racha tan larga en un juego de temporada regular desde Tom Gordon el 12 de abril de 1989 (11).

[Just Baseball @JustBB_Media]

Get ready to learn Didier Fuentes

[Huber Bustamante @bustamantehuber]

Lo de Didier Fuentes anoche fue histórico. 👏

[Leyder Martínez @SeeYouLeyder]

El hit en sí es un escándalo, pero el pitcheo que foulea con la punta del bate y sobretodo, el slider que deja pasar justo antes del hit son una locura absoluta, que bestia es Chourio.

[Eric Cross @EricCrossMLB]

Didier Fuentes was HUGE for the Braves last night in Game 2 of the NLDS.

3.2 IP
H
ER
0 BB
4 K

Gave up a HR to Muncy in the 9th, but outside of that, Fuentes was flawless. He's been a weapon for the Braves this season.

[Orlando Palma V. @pelotacaliente1]

Colombiano Didier Fuentes igualó récord establecido hace 37 años. Informa @OptaSTATS

Didier Fuentes de los @Braves retiró a 11 bateadores consecutivos el domingo.

Esa es la racha más larga de un relevista de 21 años o menos en un partido de postemporada en la historia de la MLB.

Ningún relevista de 21 años o menos ha tenido una racha tan larga en un partido de temporada regular desde Tom Gordon el 12 de abril de 1989 (11).

[Rob Friedman @PitchingNinja]

Didier Fuentes, 101mph Fastball (just below the zone) and 85mph Slider, Individual Pitches & Overlay.

Why you'd chase the slider.

[OptaSTATS @OptaSTATS]

Didier Fuentes of the @Braves retired 11 consecutive batters Sunday.

That's the longest streak by a reliever 21 or younger in a postseason game in MLB history.

No reliever 21 or younger has had a streak that long in a regular-season game since Tom Gordon on April 12, 1989 (11).

[Kevin Keneely @KevinKeneely1]

unbelievably ELITE stuff from the rookie

[MLB @MLB]

After 3 perfect innings in relief, Didier Fuentes is coming back out for the 9th!

[Leyder Martínez @SeeYouLeyder]

Qué injusto ese jonrón, quedó a un strike de un save de 4 innings contra estos Dodgers. Escandaloso lo que hizo Didier hoy.

[Leyder Martínez @SeeYouLeyder]

ME ESTOY VOLVIENDO LOCO CON DIDIER FUENTES

[Leyder Martínez @SeeYouLeyder]

ME ESTOY VOLVIENDO LOCO CON DIDIER FUENTES

[Atlanta Braves @Braves]

DIDIER. FUENTES. 🫡

#LetItFly

[Rob Friedman @PitchingNinja]

Didier Fuentes, 2Ks in the 8th.

[Leyder Martínez @SeeYouLeyder]

DÉJEME Y APLAUDO LO QUE ACABA DE HACER, DON DIDIER FUENTES, QUE ABSOLUTO ESCÁNDALO @MLB

[Leyder Martínez @SeeYouLeyder]

Combinada con esa recta que le bajaba a 101mph hoy humilla a cualquiera.

[Rob Friedman @PitchingNinja]

Didier Fuentes, Vicious 85mph Slider. 😤