Pedro Milestone
Pedro Martinez made his return a victorious one yesterday. He also recorded his 3000th career strikeout. Congratulations Pedro!
Pedro Returns
Pedro Martinez‘s return from surgery has been widely reported in many venues since it was announced before Friday’s game but I thought I would mention it here anyway. Pedro will make the Labor Day start this afternoon against the Cincinnati Reds. It’s a pretty good time to get Pedro back. Though the Mets swept the […]
Mets Wounded Update
Ramon Castro was placed on the DL over the weekend for his arthritic back. With Paul Lo Duca already on the shelf the Mets now ‘boast’ a catching tandem of Mike DiFelice and Sandy Alomar Jr. Endy Chavez played in his fourth rehab game in St. Lucie last night. He said he is ready to […]
Martinez Improvement
In his second rehab start Pedro Martinez threw 47 of his 60 pitches for strikes while allowing 3 runs on 3 hits over 4 innings. A marked improvement on the numbers he put up in his first rehab start last week. More importantly he got his speed up to around 88 mph. Martinez felt good […]
Pedro to Start in St. Lucie Tonight
I neglected to mention Pedro Martinez in yesterday’s post. I figured I’d wait until today since he will be making is second rehab start this afternoon. Pedro had previously thrown a simulated game when his first scheduled rehab start was rained out and finally pitched in his first game last week. He got rocked but […]
The Maine Man
John Maine showed last night why he should be on the All Star team in pitching to his 10th win of the season last night after being passed over for the second time as Roy Oswalt was selected to replace the injured John Smoltz in the mid summer classic. Maine has surpassed the high expectations […]
El Duque Possibly Hurt
In what has been a very quiet start to camp the silence is now being broken. At issue is a possible injury to number two starter Orlando Hernandez who has flown to New York to have his neck examined. Apparently he’s been feeling some discomfort in the neck, which he did last year but didn’t […]
Glavine Signs
The Mets can breathe a tremendous sigh of relief now that Tom Glavine has signed a one year deal with a vesting option for a second year. (The option kicks in if Glavine pitches 160 innings and the value increases the more innings he pitches.) Glavine signed the deal after the Atlanta Braves made his […]
Pedro Out of Post Season
It was fairly obvious after Wednesday night’s horrible start that Pedro Martinez would not be starting game 1 of the NLDS. He didn’t look good. He didn’t feel good. What wasn’t obvious was what would be announced late yesterday. That Pedro suffered a torn tendon in his left calf. That is not the calf that […]
No Party for Pedro
In today’s New York Post Michael Morrisey discusses Pedro Martinez and his approach for the rest of the regular season. Pedro discusses his health and why he didn’t party hard with his team mates upon clinching the division the other night.
