What ever happened to Blue Jays top prospect Orelvis Martinez?

Starting the 2024 season with the Triple-A Bisons, Martinez slashed .260/.343/.523 with 16 home runs in 269 plate appearances for a 124 wRC+.

He earned a promotion to the big leagues and even got his first hit, but was suspended shortly after for PEDs.

Martinez returned to the Bisons in September 2024, where he hit above .300 in 50 plate appearances.

Although Martinez hit well after his suspension, the 2024 season was a perfect opportunity to showcase what he could do at the big league level had the Blue Jays had a dismal season. The suspension got in the way of that.

What's worse is that Martinez has had a brutal 2025 season, slashing just .176/.288/.348 with 13 home runs in 394 plate appearances for a 72 wRC+.

While his 11.9 BB% is still respectable, his 28.4 K% is the worst since his 2022 season with the Fisher Cats.

MLB Pipeline ranked Martinez as their 12th-best Blue Jays prospect in the mid-season update.

Power is his calling card, but a concern that has lingered throughout his development is whether or not his hit tool would be good to tap into it.

For a while, it looked as if it were possible, but Martinez has had a pretty tough year.

Add the fact that he has a lot of swing and misses on soft stuff while not having a defensive home, and his position in the organization is a little worrisome.

Triple-A Buffalo placed Martinez on its 7-day injured list Monday due to an unspecified injury.

Martinez hadn't played since Aug. 31 due to the injury before Buffalo deactivated him.

There's still time to regain his stock as he'll enter the 2026 season as a 24-year-old, but time is running out.