Comments on: Health: Pedro could pitch Today, will Start Friday

By: stickguy

stickguy — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:51:35 +0000

maybe it is a head trick?

Tell them 80 pitches, expecting them to take a lot, then just pump FBs in to go 0-2

By: ravi3

ravi3 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:49:08 +0000

you mean the jheri curl

By: Steviefan84

Steviefan84 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:23:22 +0000

I hope Pedro has gotten rid of the injury bug this season but something tells me this will be an ongoing thing throughout his entire career and will prevent him to ever throw at least half a season with the Mets and whichever else team he goes to next.

By: mikepelfreyismyguy

mikepelfreyismyguy — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:21:30 +0000

maybe 5-6 innings. I’m PUTTING MY FOOT DOWN. pedro martinez, is back, if he can pitch effectively, he needed confidence and a couple a good starts, and i can tell you, he will DOMINANT during the course of 13-14 starts. but one thing, what happend to his hair. remember he had that thingy in 05, that looked cool

By: jimyager

jimyager — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:38:11 +0000

GO GET’EM PEDRO!! Throw a 80 pitch perfect game !!!! Mow them down like you are a mower and they are the grass. If ever we needed Pedro its now!! LETS GO METS !!!!

By: metphan

metphan — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:27:41 +0000

Agreed.

Oh, and get Manny.

By: MetsFan1976

MetsFan1976 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:41:44 +0000

Although I’m sure everybody realized Pedro would be on a pitch count when he returned–after all, it’s been a couple of weeks since he last started–I have no idea why the Mets felt the need to share the number with everybody. It’s just like when the Yankees kept doing that with Joba, as he made the transition from reliever to starter. It makes no sense to let the other team know that, if they wait Pedro out, and run his pitch count up to a relatively low number, he’ll be coming out, without question. It’s almost guaranteed now that the Astros will take a ton of pitches and will likely get Pedro out around the 4th inning–5th at most.

Just say something like, “we will be watching him, and making sure he doesn’t overdo it,” and leave it at that.