Pounded Again! Call Pedro!

Yesterday, I was told by many that I should not shed light on the solid performance by Pedro Martinez because it came against the Netherlands who happened to beat the Dominican Republic.

I was like so what? What does that matter? He went out there without the benefit of training in a Major League camp and tossed three shutout innings and struck out four. I only wish that just one of our potential number five starters could have pitched at least one scoreless inning. Combined, our number five starters (Niese, Livan, Garcia) have a 12.50 ERA through Saturday.

It just got uglier…

Today, Tim Redding made his long anticipated Mets spring debut and was rocked for five runs on five hits including two towering homeruns before finally being pulled out of the game after one-third of an inning.

His opponent? The University of Michigan. Now I guess the logic (or excuses) will be…

It’s only spring training… It was his first start… They were trying out new deliveries… It was 98 degrees that day…

Gimme a break…

Freddy Garcia actualy started the game and pitched two innings. The results…  He gave up three hits and walked two hitters and was spared by two inning-ending doubleplays.

Let’s get Pedro Martinez in here! That’s what the majority of voters said yesterday when I posed the question:

Who Should Be The Mets Number 5 Starter?

Second thoughts anyone?