Pedro Martinez Injured Again in Mets Loss
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Mets fans experienced the mood swings of both “the joy of victory and the agony of defeat” in the span of two games.
New York’s NL entrant won their season opener over the Florida Marlins on Monday by a 7-2 score as Johan Santana was dominating over seven innings showing why he’s the class of the current crop of MLB starters.
However, in game 2 an aging 37 year old, dis-assembled, injury-ridden Pedro Martinez was tagged for homers in the first and second innings, to 2nd baseman Dan Uggla and rightfielder Luis Gonzalez respectively. According to his NY Post bio, it’s the first instance of his major league career where that happened. Marlins leadoff hitter shortstop Hanley Ramirez also solved Pedro for triple and an RBI in the second inning as the Marlins built up a 4-0 lead after two innings.
Martinez lasted through one out in the third inning and 57 pitches.
The bio also reports;
Martinez retired Marlins catcher Matt Treanor on a groundout for the first out of the fourth inning, then immediately began grabbing his back and midsection, clearly in distress. Jorge Sosa came in to relieve Martinez, who limped a bit as he walked off the field.
The Mets eventually lost the game by a 5-4 score in 10 innings on late-game replacement 3rd baseman Robert Adino’s two out leftfield solo shot off of losing relief pitcher Matt Wise.
Pedro, who has battled foot, hip, calf and shoulder injuries over the past two seasons now has strained left hamstring, back and midsection woes. Mets bloggers who are apparently living in fantasyland opin;
Hopefully its just a couple starts that he misses and he will be fine by the end of the Month.
This current injury to Martinez reveals that he may be done, his career at an end and reveals just how shallow and vulnerable the Mets’ starting rotation is. As previously predicted on this blog; after Pedro’s nearly two season layoff due to assorted injuries and surgery, basically, that old Spahn, Sain scenario still holds regarding the Mets’ starting rotation — Santana, Maine and three days of rain.
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