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Mets need a healthy Pedro ... or else; By Bob Klapisch, ESPN.com
Topic Started: Feb 23 2006, 02:24 AM (22 Views)
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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Day by day, one missed workout at a time, Pedro Martinez is falling behind the Mets' pitchers, some of whom are already up to 40 tosses per bullpen session. Pedro has yet to throw off a mound and is still looking for a solution to the chronic pain in his right foot.

There's no specific timetable for Pedro's return, though, the first goal is to get Martinez on the mound -- actually on the slope of the mound, where he'll throw, not pitch -- by this weekend. The Mets' next task is to then separate their ace from the World Baseball Classic.

Pedro Martinez is at Mets camp, but he has yet to throw off of a pitching mound.Pedro says he wants to pitch in the tournament, even though he knows he can't, at least not by March 3. The Mets know Pedro is better off in camp, but they can't say that, either, afraid of swimming against a tidal wave of WBC enthusiasm in the Dominican Republic.

So for now, everyone is adhering to a perfect, PC script: Pedro says, "I would love to represent my country," and the Mets nod and say it's his decision, not ours.

Of course, the Mets' best-case scenario would allow Pedro to excuse himself for medical reasons and have everyone in his native country believe him. That would give Martinez a clear conscience while allowing him to focus on the tender sesamoid under his big right toe, which has nagged him for nearly two years.

Martinez describes it as background pain, just enough to keep him from fully pushing off the rubber. It's the price Martinez is paying for what pitching coach Rick Peterson calls a "violent" hip rotation during his delivery. It's the same motion Martinez has always had, but at 34, he's begun to feel the surcharge.


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