Starling Marte, PIT Yet another Dominican-born stud, Starling Marte grew up with his grandmother in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. The Pittsburgh Pirates signed him at age 19 in2007 and he lingered in the minor leagues until his major league debut on July 26, 2012. Marte was a highly-anticipated prospect in the minors, as he cracked the top 75 prospects list from Baseball America in February 2012. The Pirates outfielder hit a home run off of the first pitch he![]()
