No surprise here, New York Mets pitcher Pedro Martinez had his return to the bigs pushed back even longer. The initial prognosis of 4-6 weeks for a mild strain of a hamstring is turning out to be pretty bad. The new timetable calls for late may - early June. which would mean 6 - 10 weeks, pretty long for a strain I would think. “We’re definitely going to be more conservative with him,” Minaya told The Post. “With hamstrings, you just never know. We’ve got to be careful.”
Personally, I think they’re babying Pedro. They realized they let him start pitching to early in the season and that his frail body can no longer hold up over a full 30+ start season. He hasn’t had 30 starts since the 2005 season, and even before that struggled to stay healthy for a whole year.
Mets fans must realize now how much of a joke it was to think him and Johan would be one of the best 1-2 in baseballs over the course of a season. Pedro can still be pretty electric in spurts but he’s not someone you can count on day in and day out. After this season, he should really consider retirement but its highly unlikely since his stuff is still THAT good at times. But come on Mets fans, you said you’d win the division over the Phillies and Braves because of your rotation, do you really still believe that to be the case? Your rotation is what it was before the season, very questionable at best.
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