3-4-13 – Pedro Martinez, Mike Pelfrey, John Buck, Johan Santana

So how can Pedro Martinez Help Bard and other Red Sox pitchers rebound from last year’s disaster? Pedro said that he has a good eye for mechanics, and believes he’ll know when a tweak to a hurler’s delivery may make a difference. This is what he did during his own career, closely watching great pitchers like Roger Clemens and Greg Maddux in developing his own physical and mental repertoire.  ”I’m a combination of everything,” Martinez explained. “I took a little bit of pretty much everyone and used it to build my own experience. I hope they do that the same way.”  Perhaps John Lackey, coming back from a year off after Tommy John surgery, can also pick up a thing or two from Martinez. In the midst of his string of domination, Pedro suffered a torn rotator cuff in 2001 and missed half of that season. He returned the next year as more of a control artist than a flamethrower and still went 20-4 while leading the American League in ERA and strikeouts.

Rhett Bollinger‏ - @RhettBollinger

For those curious, Mike Pelfrey threw 39 pitches with 24 strikes. Fastball at about 88-89 mph. One hit & a walk over 3 scoreless IP.

I’m still sort of shocked that Sandy Alderson cut fish so quick on Pelfrey, who was a team player and a big positive in the clubhouse. It’s obvious that the Mets were adamant about not giving out a multi-year contract, while, at the same time, Pelf’s agent knew he could get it somewhere.

            As we always say, this is first a business and this deal even bummed out Pelfrey.

All Mets fans wish him well and we’ll always think of him every time we lick the palm of our hand.

Andrew Vazzano‏ - @AVSNY

John Buck with a three-run home run. Might be nice to have a catcher with some power this year

            First thing first.

Josh Thole never claimed to have any power but his batting average was far superior to Buck last year. The problem was that Josh (I know him… I can use his first name) learned to catch at the same time the guys that threw to him learned to pitch. He brought no seasoned experience to the table, something Buck does.

Buck will not produce a BA higher than Thole did, but he will hit double digits in home runs which is sorely needed on the 2013 version of this team.

Jorge Castillo‏ - @jorgeccastillo

Yesterday, Sandy Alderson said Johan Santana wouldn't throw off a mound for 10 days. Santana did today

It seems we’re now getting into ego pissing contests which can’t be good; however, if pissing Santana off gets him back on the horse, than piss away.

$25,000,000.00 for this shit.