Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Pedro Out Til Mid May-June
"Pedro Martinez reportedly won't be back anytime soon to wake up the lethargic-looking New York Mets.
General manager Omar Minaya told the New York Post for Tuesday's editions
"We're definitely going to be more conservative with him," Minaya told the Post. "With hamstrings, you just never know. We've got to be careful."
Martinez suffered a left hamstring strain in his first start of the season. It was diagnosed as a mild hamstring strain and at the time, he was expected to miss four to six weeks.Minaya told the Post that the Mets' doctors have ruled out Martinez's return before the six-week mark of his recovery."
...This should not come as a shock to anyone you have to have Pedro healthy at the end of the season. You can not bring him back to early to have him get injured again. Frankly I do not mind him resting more I think Nelson Figueroa has 1-3 good starts left in him before the league catches up to him and once the do you bring in Claudio Vargas.
