In a tank of water, they submerge a metal milk can, like the kind made famous by Harry Houdini. It’s wrapped in such thick chains it would make a rapper blush. A carnival barker tells the crowd, “Inside this secure milk can is Gray Albright. This was the only way we could stop him from writing a message Noëlvi Marte sleeper–”My head pops out of the tank water, not even out of breath. Sorry, I have to write this Noelvi Marte sleeper post. This guy is too ready to break out to be bothered by some cheap trick. Apologies to those who saw them live at the Budokan. If Harry Houdini had a sleeper as good as Noelvi Marte, he might have gotten out alive. At least I think he died, but there is a Harry Houdini lore like he lives in Cuba with Tupac. Funny how all the famous people who die early go to Cuba to live out their days. The entire island of Cuba is just celebrities who died prematurely. This feels like the plot of a movie. [does the Moonwalk back to my original thought] However, you can steal Noelvi Marte from your competitors if you pay attention. Let’s follow up and get to the meat of this sucker! So, what can we expect from Noelvi Marte for fantasy baseball in 2026 and what makes him a sleeper?
PSYCHE! I’m currently rolling out my 2026 fantasy baseball rankings on the Patreon. Don’t wait for the rankings to appear next month. Anyway II, the Noelvi Marte sleeper:
Last year, in 339 ABs, Noelvi Marte hit 14/10/.263 with a strikeout rate of 23.6% and a walk rate of 4.4%. So the last of the numbers – the last? – is hilarious. 4.4% isn’t good, so sorry if you’re in an OBP league. Everything else is incredibly promising. That was in 90 games. Not quite 50% of a season, but–[Mr. Prorater crashes through my wall] Come on, man! I just discussed the spot you crashed through to make Nolan McLean’s strikeouts proportional. Use the door! “Sorry, I just wanted to prorate Noelvi’s season.” No kidding! Well, go! “He would have gone around 28/20.” You’re Mr. Prorater and you say ’round’ for what a man could have done? “Yes, I embarrassed myself.” So with this rough calculation, Noelvi Marte would have been around the same statistic we just got from Andy Pages (27/14/.272). Pages also had a 4.6 BB percentage, so the comp isn’t terrible. Marte could rank higher in the order than Pages, but we’re getting close to Tomato-Tomahto. Pages returned a value of $17.6. If you take $17.6 and choose to qualify for third base, Noelvi Marte becomes the seventh-best third baseman, right behind Jazz Chisholm Jr. or about a top 60 player. That is without any progress. Additionally, Pages is a regular nine-hole hitter, Marte is placed in the two-hole (hey now!) and is actually younger than Pages; Marte is 24. Let’s watch a few clips:
Noelvi Marte ties with a homer to DEEP center field? pic.twitter.com/TcT3VhRjFp
— MLB (@MLB) August 29, 2025
He may have the same level of speed and strength and he has a lot of power.
pic.twitter.com/iuQLal4Kha
— Follow @BarnHasSpoken2 (@Baseball8754021) September 6, 2023
I’m sorry, I got goosebumps watching that home run. If you can, turn on your sound and listen to that home run. Put your ear to your computer. Wait a minute, first tell your officemate, Susan, to stop looking at you. Now put your ear to your computer and listen. That’s the best sound in the world. So that’s a 30 plus homer power. I’m not projecting him for 30+, but he’s there.
With The Naylor-27, Noelvi Marte can steal 35 bags. Will he? No idea. I think since Francona just watched him play and had him steal 10 bags in just over half a season, he’ll let him keep running since they had success (made the playoffs). Perhaps Tito allows or encourages him to steal more. I wouldn’t project it for 30+ bags. I actually don’t want to project it for 20+ bags, but the speed is there.
So power is real, speed is real enough to steal, and what else do we have? Average. This is the trickiest part of his game. He cut his strikeouts, but September was a bit of a disaster (32.7 K%, .287 SLG, .191). It’s a month. If it were June, I’d ignore it. It’s harder to ignore when it’s the last look you get from a player. Because that slump was so bad, he didn’t even start one of their playoff games, coming in later in the game. The September crisis plays tricks on the brain, but speaking of tricks, I didn’t step out of a milk can to get here and write this post to let a terrible month get me down. What I always say with a bad September, what if that means it’s great from April through August? I’ll take that. He also started off great: 1st half was 7.7 BB%, 16.3 K% (!!!), .284 with a .547 SLG. August was also his best month, so to just say he was good in the first half is to leave out the good stuff. August: Five home runs, .297 with 24.5 K%. September really was the kiss of death. One bad month will keep you from drafting a potential 30/20/.260 3rd baseman? After climbing out of a giant water tank to bring you this? Come on! For 2026 fantasy baseball, I’m giving Noelvi Marte projections of 71/25/68/.251/17 in 512 ABs with a chance for much more.
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