Name: Marty Gair
Position: RHP
Born: July 17, 2003
Country: United States
Bats/Throws: R/R
Height/Weight: 6’6″ 230lbs
How Acquired: Drafted in the 13th Round of the 2023 Draft
Signed: July 18, 2023
Bonus: $150,000
Options Remaining: 3
Rule 5 Eligible: 2026
MiLB Free Agency: 2029
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Season Reports/Highlights
1 G 1 IP 1 H 0 R 0 BB 2 K
It was only one game this week for the big righty reliever, but when you throw 102.2 you get noticed. After walking 34 batters in 27 innings last year, Gair has walked 7 in 12.2 innings this year. After walking 5 in his first 3 games, he has walked 2 in his last 7, going 8.2 innings with 1 hit allowed those two walks and 14 strikeouts. On the season, opposing batters are hitting .098/.245/.244 off of him with two home runs also coming in those first three games. He is doing it all while throwing his fastball 82% of the time and averaging just 97 mph on it. This week that was 99.8 mph, and that comes with at least 18 inches of ride and an over the top delivery that would give it cut if it wasn’t just coming straight down at the batter. He is throwing it in the zone 46% of the time and opposing hitters have just a 60% contact rate on swings in the zone against it. This week he also located it on the edges of the zone, leaving hitters just helpless. He is working on a mid 80s slider, but hitters are mostly ignoring it. It was pointed out by someone else that the fastball is seemingly modeled on Peter Fairbanks with Gair getting more extension, but less release height on the pitch. If Gair can manage some of the command and secondary pitches of Fairbanks, he also could be a late inning reliever.
2026 Week 8
1 G 1 IP 1 H 0 R 0 BB 2 K
It was only one game this week for the big righty reliever, but when you throw 102.2 you get noticed. After walking 34 batters in 27 innings last year, Gair has walked 7 in 12.2 innings this year. After walking 5 in his first 3 games, he has walked 2 in his last 7, going 8.2 innings with 1 hit allowed those two walks and 14 strikeouts. On the season, opposing batters are hitting .098/.245/.244 off of him with two home runs also coming in those first three games. He is doing it all while throwing his fastball 82% of the time and averaging just 97 mph on it. This week that was 99.8 mph, and that comes with at least 18 inches of ride and an over the top delivery that would give it cut if it wasn’t just coming straight down at the batter. He is throwing it in the zone 46% of the time and opposing hitters have just a 60% contact rate on swings in the zone against it. This week he also located it on the edges of the zone, leaving hitters just helpless. He is working on a mid 80s slider, but hitters are mostly ignoring it. It was pointed out by someone else that the fastball is seemingly modeled on Peter Fairbanks with Gair getting more extension, but less release height on the pitch. If Gair can manage some of the command and secondary pitches of Fairbanks, he also could be a late inning reliever.