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Randy Martínez

Cuban baseball player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ134508291 ↗
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Randy Martínez (born September 28, 2003) is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher in the organization of the Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Career

Vegueros de Pinar del Río

Martínez began his career in Cuba with the Vegueros de Pinar del Río. In 2024, Martínez played in 20 games for Vegueros, including 14 starts, and had a 6-2 record with a 3.87 ERA.

Chunichi Dragons

On December 5, 2024, Martínez signed a development contract with the Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball. He was assigned to the farm club. In 2025, Martínez pitched in 5 games on the farm, with a 3.86 ERA. He re-signed with the Dragons after the season.

International career

Martínez was named to the Cuba national baseball team for the 2026 World Baseball Classic.

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This entry incorporates text from “Randy Martínez” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.