CLEVELAND (AP) —eleased from the Cleveland Clinic after being hospitalized because of a life-threatening infection.The plan was for Martin to leave the hospital later Sunday http://www.padresfanproshop.com/authentic-brad-hand-jersey , team president Chris Antonetti said.“To think about the progress he’s made over the past week, it’s been nothing short of amazing,” Antonetti said. “It’s beyond a relief, especially given where things were a week ago.”The 30-year-old Martin became ill following a game on Aug. 8. Doctors determined he had a bacterial infection that entered his bloodstream and created toxins that damaged his internal organs, compromising their function.Antonetti informed the team about Martin’s condition Monday in Cincinnati. Antonetti, manager Terry Francona and several players visited the hospital after the Indians returned home, when Martin was sitting up in a chair and in good spirits.“If you didn’t know anything was wrong, other than the IV he had connected, you wouldn’t have known anything different,” Antonetti said. “He was able to walk up and down the hallway a little bit and every day he continues to get better. He still has progress he needs to make to get back to full health, but it’s been a really encouraging week.”Martin was acquired from Detroit on July 31 and has appeared in six games with the Indians. His wife, father and brother have joined him in Cleveland.Antonetti said Martin is eager to return to playing baseball, but there is no set plan in place. Martin will undergo a series of checkups with doctors this week to monitor his recovery process.“It’s important to remember we don’t know,” Antonetti said. “We’re in uncharted waters. There’s no precedent you can look back to and say, ‘What does a return to activity look like?’ It’s very much going to continue to be day to day.”Antonetti said recently that doctors haven’t defined the specific type of bacteria or how it entered Martin’s system. We move from the mount to the plate and start our look at the position player non-roster invitees."Abraham AlmonteOne of the more experienced non-roster invitees, Almonte has played 352 games over six seasons in the majors. Most of those were for Cleveland, but he has been quite nomadic, also appearing for Seattle Matt Szczur Jersey , San Diego and Kansas City, after originally being a Yankees’ prospect. The results haven’t been there though, with an OPS+ of just 71 over the last three years, and overall bWAR of 0.1 in 186 games. However, he is generally seen as been good defensively - though we already have Socrates Brito and Jarrod Dyson, if we want all glove and no bat outfielders. He’s a recovering alcoholic, having turned to drink after the death of his father, then his addiction was exacerbated by a shoulder injury in 2010 and the resulting time off. He said, “People think they can control it. They think everything is fine. But one day you find out that you’re not. You’re just lying to yourself. For months. For years. Then, when you find out, you have two choices: You change and do better, or you just keep doing it, keep lying to yourself, keep killing yourself.” Almonte changed, giving up the booze - but was suspended for 80 games in February 2016, after testing positive for the steroid Boldenone. Juniel QuerecutoAn 80 baseball name, the 26-year-old Venezuelan infielder was a Rays prospect, making his MLB debut for them as a September call-up in 2016. His father http://www.padresfanproshop.com/authentic-brad-hand-jersey , Juan, was a veteran of the game at home, playing 13 seasons for the Cardenales de Lara. He spent 2017 in AAA with the Giants, before signing for Arizona that winter. Last year, he split time between AA Jackson and AAA Reno, hitting an impressive .337 between the two clubs. However, he was very much a “ball in play” guy, with just 30 walks and 56 K’s in 459 plate-appearances, and managed just a single home-run. Those factors kept his OPS for the season down to a less-impressive .798. He appeared mostly at second- and third-base in 2018, but overall in his career, he has been mainly a shortstop. He is playing in the Venezuelan league for the Cardenales, who reached the finals and beat Caracas to win the domestic title for the first time in eighteen years. Junior enjoyed a good series, highlighted by his performance in Game 3, where he had four hits and drove in five runs, including a grand-slam in the seventh inning. He’ll now play with his team in the 2019 Caribbean Series, which will take place from February 4-10, at the Rod Carew Stadium in Panama City. It was scheduled to be played in Venezuela, but the current situation there has led to it being moved. Kelby TomlinsonTomlinson has played the past four seasons with the San Francisco Giants Trevor Hoffman Jersey , appearing in a total of 273 games, with a line of .265/.331/.332 in that time. He was a bit of a fan favorite after making his debut there in 2015, his dark-rimmed glasses becoming something of a cult icon, earning the nickname of “Clark Kent.” But he wasn’t exactly great, with basically no power. Indeed, each of the last three seasons, Tomlinson’s on-base percentage was higher than his slugging percentage. That’s not easy to do: Gregg Garcia of the Cardinals is the only other major-league player to do that, with 100+ PA in each year. Tomlison has one home-run since 2015. On the plus side, it was off Clayton Kershaw...Mind you, all of Kelby’s home-runs have been impressive. I’m not certain, but he has to be close to the only player whose first two homers (his only others, bar the Kershaw shot, to date) were a grand-slam and an inside the parker - the latter is shown above. In terms of the 2019 Diamondbacks, it’s likely he’ll be in the mix, along with the likes of Ildemaro Vargas, for the final bench spot as a utility infielder. He was mostly a second-baseman with San Francisco, but also started games at shortstop, third-base and even left-field. Andy YoungWell Evan Longoria Jersey , you should already know all about Mr. Young, considering that Mike wrote about him on Monday, and interviewed him later that day. You should skip the rest of this paragraph, and go read those in-depth pieces instead. But if you want the Cliff Notes version... Young was a late (37th-round) pick by the Cardinals in the 2016 draft, but has put up numbers significantly better than that since, batting .281 with an .829 OPS over 289 games. And that doesn’t include his spell in the Arizona Fall League, where Andy hit .301, after being described by our siblings at Viva El Birdos as “a huge breakout story” of 2018. initially, Young drifted around positions: in his rookie pro season, he started games at second, short, third, left and even in right field. But the focus has been increasingly on second-base, where he started 101 times last season, plus eighteen more in the AFL. It’s probably a stretch to see him making Arizona’s Opening Day roster this year, with a number of more advanced and/or experienced names ahead of him. But if Young continues to perform as well as he did in 2018, he’ll likely be knocking on the door before very much longer.