SI reports that Omar Minaya has stated his interest in bringing back former Met Pedro Martinez. Pedro went 5-6 last year with a 5.61 ERA, and had trouble in the first in inning, and getting to the fifth.
TBD Spin
I commented earlier about the Mets spending their money on one-year deal type guys, and Pedro would certainly be one of those. However, Martinez isn’t in the same class as them. A healthy Martinez who is struggling is going to be on the Mets, and not AAA Buffalo. Tim Redding and Freddy Garcia could be healthy, but if they aren’t getting the job done, nothing on their resume says they can’t be sent down.
In that case, Pedro is more trouble than he is worth. What do you do if Pedro is healthy, but pitching like last year? Meanwhile, Redding or Garcia is doing a bang up job in the minors. What then?
With Johan Santana, Mike Pelfrey, John Maine, and most likely Oliver Perez taking the first four spots in the rotation, I’d say the Mets have all they need for a complete rotation.
