The Pedro Martinez homecoming rumors are heating up around Dodgertown. Some say bring him back, other say stay away. While it’s easy for me to sit here and speculate with, “what the heck, we’re already on a second cycle of Jeff Weaver,” the Pedro Martinez situation is quite different.
Pedro Martinez was great, REALLY GREAT, while in his prime. That’s nice and all, except his prime is five years behind him. All that really needs to be said about the Pedro Martinez of 2009 can be summed up in the following words from Bill Plaschke…
He’s a 37-year-old free agent coming off three injury-plagued seasons with the New York Mets.
A 37 year-old pitcher who’s coming off three consecutive injury-plagued seasons? Gee, I wonder why he’s still a free agent? Plaschke goes on to note that “214 wins is stuff enough,” but 197 of those wins came more than three years ago.
Plaschke continues to argues that Martinez pitched great in the World Baseball Classic (for a grand total of 6 innings) and that alone should be enough for teams to start calling…
Did you see him pitch for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic? In a span of four days, he pitched twice: six innings, zero runs, one hit, six strikeouts.
That line is impressive until you realize he did all his pitching against the Netherlands. For the record, the Netherlands has five major league players on their roster, with two of them being pitchers. Not exactly Murder’s Row.
It would be great to see “what if” in regards to Pedro Martinez, but I’m more excited to see what becomes of Eric Stults and James McDonald. Besides, the Dodgers already have a Giant “what if” of their own.
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