Birmingham's Martinez Shines After Tommy John

Aiden Martinez, from Birmingham High, is turning heads as their shutdown closer just months

after Tommy John's surgery in June 2024.

He's back on the mound this season, touching 92 miles per hour with his fastball and

racking up 28 strikeouts over 15 innings.

While nailing three saves, pitching coach Gus Rico got the props from head coach Matt

Mowry over dinner when Martinez fanned all seven of his outs in a recent outing.

Rico admitted he was too locked in calling pitches to notice, but Martinez keeps sharpening

his command and cutting down walks week by week.

Birmingham sits one game back of El Camino Riau in the West Valley league standings, with

a huge double header looming home on Wednesday, wrote on Friday.

The Patriots need a sweep for their first league crown under Mowry, though he eyes those

city titles even more.

Teams facing Birmingham better build a lead before Martinez hits the hill in the final

innings, or they're in trouble.

Stuff is that nasty right now.

With a bright future ahead, Martinez is the spark Birmingham needs to chase that hardware

and make some noise.

That wraps California news today, brought to you with AI, I'm Corey with the story.