Otter Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Pedro, Phils reportedly agree to $1 million deal Three-time Cy Young Award winner last pitched in World Baseball Classic NBCSports.com news services updated 8:37 p.m. ET, Tues., July 14, 2009 PHILADELPHIA - Pedro Martinez appears to be close to joining the Philadelphia Phillies. Multiple media outlets are reporting the three-time Cy Young Award winner has agreed to a contract with the NL East leaders that will be announced Wednesday. Martinez has agreed to a deal worth around $1 million, with another $1.5 million in incentives, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Martinez went 5-6 with a 5.61 ERA for the New York Mets last year. The free agent pitched in the World Baseball Classic before this season. The Phillies have been hurt by injuries to their starting rotation. No. 2 starter Brett Myers had hip surgery in June and his replacement, Antonio Bastardo, landed on the disabled list after making five starts. Philadelphia already has used nine starters through 86 games. The World Champion Phillies used only seven starters last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Jet Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Philly seemed like the front runner from the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PS17 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Philly seemed like the front runner from the beginning. They were the only runner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowmoe57 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Watch he throws a no hitter against the Mets at Citi Field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 I can see it now - Pedro will go 5 and 5- all 5 wins against the Mets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyjunc Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 That's great news for Mets fans espeically if they can get in a pennat race. pedro is not a big game pitcher and buckles under pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFSIKH Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 That's great news for Mets fans espeically if they can get in a pennat race. pedro is not a big game pitcher and buckles under pressure. What are you talking about? 2003? Grady Little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 So Philly signs him and he goes on the disabled list- OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Jet Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 What are you talking about? 2003? Grady Little. Thank you. I thought he was talking about a different Pedro there for a minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Bit Special Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 pedro sucks and will add nothing to the phillies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleed4TheGreen Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Pedro is one of ONLY three pitchers to EVER have over 200 wins, with a career era of under 3 One of the greatest pitchers to ever play the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyjunc Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 What are you talking about? 2003? Grady Little. The guy was great in 1999, that's it. He struggled in '98 against Cleveland, he struggled against Oak in '03, against the Yanks in '03, against Oak and the Yanks again in '04. He did well in game 4 up 3-0 w/ no pressure against SL. he was also terrible for the Mets when they needed him in 2005 down the stretch and was MIA in all big games for the Mets the next couple of years. Pedro is a choker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Bit Special Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Pedro is one of ONLY three pitchers to EVER have over 200 wins, with a career era of under 3 One of the greatest pitchers to ever play the game so how does that translate to now? he sucked last year. he's going to suck this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Jet Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 I can see it now - Pedro will go 5 and 5- all 5 wins against the Mets. Wait ! WTF am I laughing about ? That's not funny Faba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFSIKH Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 The guy was great in 1999, that's it. He struggled in '98 against Cleveland, he struggled against Oak in '03, against the Yanks in '03, against Oak and the Yanks again in '04. He did well in game 4 up 3-0 w/ no pressure against SL. he was also terrible for the Mets when they needed him in 2005 down the stretch and was MIA in all big games for the Mets the next couple of years. Pedro is a choker. What the hell are you talking about? In 1998, he won going 7 innings allowing 3 runs. In 2003 against Oakland, he went 7 innings both times giving up 3 runs each time. He left with the lead in the first game, that his team choked away. And then went strong again in the deciding game. Against the Yankees, he did pretty good against a 100 win team that scored almost 900 runs. He was solid in the first game, 4 runs allowed in 7 IP. And if not for that f'ing retarded Grady Little, would have left after seven innings in Game 7. Allowing 2 runs in the deciding game 7 in the House that Ruth Built. Against the Cardinals, 7 shutout innings. The pre-2001 Pedro was dominant. Historically dominant. The post-2001 Pedro with his frayed shoulder was still a dam good pitcher. The Pedro the Mets got was an shallower shell of his former self. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Jet Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 What the hell are you talking about? In 1998, he won going 7 innings allowing 3 runs. In 2003 against Oakland, he went 7 innings both times giving up 3 runs each time. He left with the lead in the first game, that his team choked away. And then went strong again in the deciding game. Against the Yankees, he did pretty good against a 100 win team that scored almost 900 runs. He was solid in the first game, 4 runs allowed in 7 IP. And if not for that f'ing retarded Grady Little, would have left after seven innings in Game 7. Allowing 2 runs in the deciding game 7 in the House that Ruth Built. Against the Cardinals, 7 shutout innings. The pre-2001 Pedro was dominant. Historically dominant. The post-2001 Pedro with his frayed shoulder was still a dam good pitcher. The Pedro the Mets got was an shallower shell of his former self. I'm wondering what the Phillies got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyjunc Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 What the hell are you talking about? In 1998, he won going 7 innings allowing 3 runs. In 2003 against Oakland, he went 7 innings both times giving up 3 runs each time. He left with the lead in the first game, that his team choked away. And then went strong again in the deciding game. Against the Yankees, he did pretty good against a 100 win team that scored almost 900 runs. He was solid in the first game, 4 runs allowed in 7 IP. And if not for that f'ing retarded Grady Little, would have left after seven innings in Game 7. Allowing 2 runs in the deciding game 7 in the House that Ruth Built. Against the Cardinals, 7 shutout innings. The pre-2001 Pedro was dominant. Historically dominant. The post-2001 Pedro with his frayed shoulder was still a dam good pitcher. The Pedro the Mets got was an shallower shell of his former self. He was ok in '98, had a big lead gave up some meaningless late runs. 3 runs in 7 innings is not great, it's ok. Pedro put them down 3-1 in the 1st game of the '03 ALDS in a game they'd lose 5-4. In game 5 Boston had a 4-0 lead, he gave back 3 of them to make Boston sweta it out. That's not a good performance. In the '03 ALCS he was solid in the first game? Was given an early 2-0 lead and of course he gave it right back then started a brawl b/c he was getting banged around. In game 7 he blew a chance at the WS for you. Blame Grady all you want but big time pitchers want the ball in that spot and they will find a way. Pedro was awful. Against the Cards w/ the Sox up 3-0 in the series and zero pressure on him. he rode Schillings back to a WS title. I agree about pre-2001 but most of his big starts were post 2001 and he was not a great big game pitcher for most of his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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