Mets' Martinez: Ohtani is 'like a 14-year-old playing with 10-year-olds'

New York Mets designated hitter J.D. Martinez has seen his fair share of players during his 14 big-league seasons, but he says no one compares to Shohei Ohtani.

"It's almost like a 14-year-old playing with 10-year-olds," Martinez said, according to the New York Post's Jon Heyman.

"The ballpark just seems too small for him. He generates so much power, hits the ball so hard - it's a deadly combination."

Martinez's assessment of Ohtani comes after the Los Angeles Dodgers star broke out of a playoff funk against the Mets in the NLCS. Ohtani owns a 1.238 OPS and has homered in back-to-back games against New York after hitting .200 with 10 strikeouts against the San Diego Padres in the division series.

Ohtani led off Thursday's 10-2 win with a massive 422-foot shot that left Citi Field at 117 mph.

In Game 3 of the series, Ohtani cranked an upper-deck moonshot that stunned the Mets' home crowd and left one Dodgers fan in absolute awe.

Martinez, who has earned a reputation as one of baseball's top hitters over the last decade, knows it'll be tough for the Mets to stop Ohtani when he's on a roll like this, but he believes New York can come back and win the series.

"I feel like they're rolling right now, and it's going to take a big-time momentum shift to stop them," Martinez said.

"We've got a shot," he added. "Teams have come back from down 3-1. It has happened."