Francis Martes Texas League PiOW 082216 to 082816

Francis Martes of the Corpus Christi Hooks was selected the Texas League Pitcher of the Week for the span of August 22, 2016 through August 28, 2016. For the week he was 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 GS, 7.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 1 BB and 4 K. He had also earned the award for the week of  July 25. This the RHP is 9-6, 3.30 ERA, 131 K, 1.20 WHIP, .222 BAA in 125.1 IP over 25 games with 22 GS. Corpus Christi is the Double A team of the Houston Astros. He originally signed with the Marlins in 2012 as an amateur free agent out of the Dominican Republic and was traded to the Astros in 2014. Martes will be 21 on November 24.