Leonys Martín Tápanes (born March 6, 1988), nicknamed "Ikadi",[1] is a Cuban-American professional baseball center fielder for the Conspiradores de Querétaro of the Mexican League.
[3] His father worked as a foreman for a fishing company, while his mother raised Martín and his four siblings, a brother and three sisters.
[3] Martín also played for Cuba in the 2010 World Junior Baseball Championship, where he batted 9-for-20 (.450), scored 14 runs, and had two doubles and eight walks.
[4] He traveled to Tokyo, before arriving in Mexico, where he successfully petitioned Major League Baseball to allow him to become a free agent.
After batting .348 with a .435 on-base percentage (OBP) with Frisco,[9] the Rangers promoted Martín to the Round Rock Express of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League in July.
[10] Making his major league debut on September 2, Martín recorded his first MLB hit against Tim Wakefield of the Boston Red Sox.
[13] After batting .344 with a .414 OBP and .547 slugging percentage with five home runs in 31 games for Round Rock to start the 2012 season, the Rangers promoted Martín on June 15, when they placed Koji Uehara on the disabled list.
[12] In 2013, Martín made the Rangers' 25 man roster and started at center field on Opening Day against the Houston Astros.
On April 21, Martín hit the 1st home run of his major league career off of Aaron Harang of the Seattle Mariners.
On June 25, Martín collected the first multi-home run game of his major league career with two solo shots against Hiroki Kuroda of the New York Yankees.
[14] After the 2015 season, the Rangers traded Martín and Anthony Bass to the Seattle Mariners for Tom Wilhelmsen, James Jones, and a player to be named later (Patrick Kivlehan).
[21] On April 25, Martín hit a home run in both games of a doubleheader against the Pittsburgh Pirates, becoming the first Tiger player to do so since Don Kelly on October 1, 2010.
On July 31, 2018, Martín and Kyle Dowdy were traded to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Willi Castro.
Martín signed a one-year contract for the 2019 season with the Indians on October 31, 2018, avoiding salary arbitration.
On July 14, 2019, Martín signed with the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
On February 9, 2023, Martín signed a minor league contract with the Seattle Mariners with a non-roster invite to spring training.