Once upon a time, Austin Martin was one of baseball's top prospects. A three-year collegiate star at powerhouse Vanderbilt, he hit .392 as a sophomore on a team that won the College World Series. After his junior season in 2020 was cut short by the pandemic, Martin was selected fifth overall by the Toronto Blue Jays in that summer's draft. Before Martin ever played a professional baseball game, he was considered a borderline top-20 prospect in the sport because of his abilities as a pure hitter and on-base savant. He went straight to the Double-A level and was playing well. He participated in the All-Star Futures Game during his first summer of pro ball. And then, three weeks later, he was traded to the Minnesota Twins (along with Simeon Woods Richardson) for two-time All-Star pitcher Jose Berrios. Martin continued to hit fairly well for the Twins' Double-A team the rest of that year. His stock had faded slightly, but he was still a borderline top-50 prospect heading into his age-23 season in 2022.…