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News: Pedro Progressing Quickly

by Matthew Cerrone on May 19th, 2008 at 9:52 pm

Pedro Martinez tossed 4.1 innings against St. Louis Cardinals minor leaguers in an extended spring training game in St. Lucie.

Martinez will throw a simulated game under the watchful eye of Rick Peterson in Atlanta on Wednesday.

According to Ted Berg, at SNY.tv, Martinez threw 77 pitches, 54 of them strikes, while striking out five batters and topping out at 90 on the radar gun.

from what i can gather, Claudio Vargas will likely get at least one more start following tomorrow’s double header…however, it is possible that pedro slots in to the rotation the next time around, which could mean he is back around the first week of June…frankly, i’ll believe that when i see it…nevertheless, go pedro…

For more on Martinez’s start, check blogs from the Daily News and the New York Post.