Shairon Martis

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Shairon B. Martis (born 30 March 1987) is a Dutch professional baseball pitcher. He pitched for The Netherlands in the 2006 World Baseball Classic. Martis is one of the top pitching prospects in the Washington Nationals organization.

Martis was born in Wilemstad, Curaçao. He pitched a no-hitter on March 10, 2006, in the World Baseball Classic against Panama, in a game stopped in the 7th inning due to the mercy rule. He had pitched in 11 games in 2005 with 5 starts. His record was 2-1 with a 1.85 ERA for the San Francisco Giants' Arizona Rookie League team. In 2002, he was a member of the Curaçao team that claimed the Senior League World Series, which took place in Bangor, Maine.

Martis began the 2006 season with Augusta in the low Class A South Atlantic League, where he accrued a 6-4 record and 3.64 ERA in 15 starts. On July 28, 2006, Martis was traded to the Nationals for veteran lefty reliever Mike Stanton. He joined the roster of Savannah of the South Atlantic League on August 1, 2006. After going 1-1 with a 3.80 ERA in four starts at Savannah, Martis was promoted to Washington's Potomac club in the high Class A Carolina League. He pitched two games in Potomac, giving up 4 earned runs in 12 innings, and finished the season at Harrisburg in the Class AA Eastern League, allowing 7 earned runs over 5 innings in his only appearance of the Harrisburg season.

In 2007, Martis pitched for Potomac the entire season. In 26 starts and one relief appearance, he logged a 4.23 ERA over 151 innings, striking out 108 batters while issuing just 52 bases on balls. He was assigned to Harrisburg to begin the 2008 season.

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