So you feel a little disappointed that former Seattle Mariner designated hitter Edgar Martinez missed out on the Baseball Hall of Fame earlier this week.

You might be the only one.

Not saying that it’s not terrible — it kind of is — but to the man himself, it appears this time didn’t matter to him.

SHORTLY AFTER the announcement on Wednesday of this year’s class — one includes Chipper Jones, Vladimir Guerrero, Trevor Hoffman and Jim Thome — Martinez took to social media to congratulate those elected on their upcoming induction. Martinez himself didn’t seem too upset with the news, knowing it was going to take a big leap to get him from the 58 percent he received in 2017 to the 70 percent this year.

Probably the thing that stings the most is that Martinez was just 20 votes away from being inducted as well.

Again, it really seemed as if it didn’t matter to Martinez, at least not this year. The 2019 vote will be the final time that the Baseball Writers Association of America can vote for Martinez before his election will depend on a committee of older players and baseball executives.

The tricky thing about Martinez getting into the Hall of Fame is that he wasn’t an everyday player in the field for the Mariners.

That wasn’t his job.

His job was to deliver clutch hits, whether that was in April, or October against the New York Yankees when the team needed to score two runs to win in extra innings.

Fans in the Northwest know how that postseason story ends.

There’s a good chance that a few of the writers that left Martinez off the ballot might not.

FOR EVERYTHING that Martinez did for the city and the team, the one thing that he didn’t deliver was an American League championship.

Sure, they made it three times to the championship series during his time, but they didn’t wind up advancing past teams like Cleveland (1995) and New York (2000 and 2001).

Out of the four that were named to this year’s Hall class, only Jones has a World Series title — with the Atlanta Braves in 1995.

Not that a world championship is a requirement for induction, but neither should what position someone played.

Martinez did what was asked of him from the time he took on the role of designated hitter. He didn’t complain, he just did his job.

In a few years, voters will have the same problem with the addition of former Boston DH David Ortiz.

Should Ortiz be in the Hall of Fame? Absolutely. Not just because he won three world titles, but for everything he brought to the Red Sox during his time in Boston.

Martinez might not have had the postseason success of Ortiz, but as for an impact on a fan base, it’s almost as similar.

They don’t put you into the Hall of Fame for your impact off the field and being a nice guy.

If that was the case, Edgar might have been in on the first ballot.

Jason Elliott is a sports writer for the Coeur d’Alene Press. He can be reached by telephone at (208) 664-8176, Ext. 2020 or via email at jelliott@cdapress.com. Follow him on Twitter @JECdAPress.