Pedro Martinez could be a Met this season. The Associated Press is reporting that Omar Minaya has expressed interest in resigning Pedro for the 2009 season.
MLB.com reports "a person familiar with the Mets' activities confirmed Minaya met with Martinez in the pitcher's homeland on Wednesday. He said no offer had been made." The person indicated "he club intends to begin the season certain it will have sufficient starting pitching depth so we have five competitive pitchers available all year."
Before the signings of Tim Redding and Freddy Garcia I was all for bringing Pedro back to the Mets but with Redding, Garcia, and Niese competing for the number 5 spot in the rotation I figured Pedro would join a new team or retire.
I have a lot of respect for Pedro, he was one of the most dominant pitchers of his time and is a future Hall of Famer. That said he has been injured more than healthy since he joined the Mets, he is getting older and I do not believe that he will be able to last a whole season healthy. The only reason I can see for bringing Pedro back is that talks with Oliver Perez are going nowhere and perhaps are breaking down and the Mets are getting desperate.
It was revealed this week that Ben Sheets has a tear in his elbow. John Garland yesterday signed with the Diamondbacks, Randy Wolf looks to be headed to the Dodgers and Andy Petite signed with the Yankees. Quality pitchers are slowly, but surely getting signed to teams, the Mets need to stop playing the waiting game and sign a pitcher.
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