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| Height: 5-11
Weight: 180
Throws: R
Bats: R Born: Oct 25, 1971, Manoguayabo, Contract: Signed through 2008. |
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| December 16, 2004 Pedro Martinez has passed his physical and is expected to be introduced today as a Met, according to the New York Daily News. |
| December 14, 2004 ESPNEWS is reporting that Pedro Martinez has agreed to a multi-year deal with the Mets, pending his passing of a physical. Martinez was 16-9 last season with a 3.90 ERA for the Red Sox. |
| December 14, 2004 The Boston Herald reported Monday that Pedro Martinez is expected to sign with the New York Mets. According to the report, the Mets swayed Martinez by guaranteeing him a fourth year on his contract. The Mets' deal reportedly is worth $56 million. |
| December 13, 2004 The Boston Herald reports that the Mets improved their offer to Pedro Martinez on Monday. The Mets have reportedly guaranteed the fourth year of their offer while upping the average salary to $14 million a year. That's an extra season and more money per season than what the Red Sox are offering. Martinez could make a decision as soon as today. |
| November 30, 2004 Mets GM Omar Minaya followed up his Thanksgiving dinner with Pedro Martinez by inviting him to lunch Sunday in the Dominican Republic, according to Newsday. A person familiar with the negotiations said Monday that Minaya pitched a three-year deal worth approximately $38 million that includes a vesting option for a fourth year similar to the one Tom Glavine received from the Mets in 2002. |
| November 28, 2004 The New York Daily News reports that the Mets are preparing a contract offer for Pedro Martinez. |
| November 20, 2004 Newsday reports that the Red Sox have boosted their offer to Pedro Martinez by adding a guaranteed third year. The paper cites a friend of Martinez who thinks the new offer will be enough to keep the pitcher in Boston. |
| November 16, 2004 ESPN's Buster Olney reports that Pedro Martinez met face-to-face with Yankees owner George Steinbrenner on Tuesday. It's unclear if the Yankees would seriously consider signing Pedro or if they're just trying to drive the price up on the Red Sox. |
| November 4, 2004 Pedro Martinez has filed for free agency, though the Red Sox have exclusive negotiating rights until Nov. 11, according to the Providence Journal. "If they don't get me, it's probably because they didn't try hard enough," Martinez said. "My heart is with Boston." |
| October 18, 2004 The Red Sox will send Pedro Martinez out to start Game 5 of the American League Championship Series on Monday, according to the Boston Globe. The club also announced that if they force a Game 6, Curt Schilling will get the nod, despite his injured ankle. |
| October 14, 2004 Pedro Martinez has volunteered to work on three days' rest if Curt Schilling is unable to return from a serious ankle injury, according to the Boston Globe. "They know that, without knowing what's going to happen with Schill, they are probably going to have to use me on short time and I'm willing to do that," said Martinez. Manager Terry Francona said he has yet to determine a contingency plan if Schilling can't go, but Derek Lowe could get the nod. |
| July 31, 2004 Pedro Martinez still is expected to make his scheduled start tomorrow, despite his hip problem, according to the Boston Herald. |
| July 28, 2004 Pedro Martinez tested his hip yesterday by running and said he plans to make his scheduled start on Sunday, according to the Boston Globe. "It didn't feel that comfortable, but not all that bad," Martinez said. "I think with a little time and more therapy, it will be OK." |
| July 27, 2004 Pedro Martinez slipped on a rain-slicked mound in the seventh last night and felt a "little pinch" in his right hip, according to the Boston Globe. "I thought it was just going to go away, but it continued to pinch and continued to pinch, and I tried to stretch it a little bit and it felt worse," Martinez said. "And when I got to the stretch position, it was even worse." He hopes to work though it in the bullpen and make his next start. |
| July 8, 2004 Pedro Martinez will make his next start in the Red Sox's second game back after the All-Star break, according to the AP. |
| July 4, 2004 The Red Sox are considering starting Pedro Martinez on Tuesday so he could get in two starts prior to the All-Star break, according to the Boston Herald. |
| June 6, 2004 Pedro Martinez may have been wearing a removable brace on his right wrist in the clubhouse yesterday, but the Red Sox didn't seem to be concerned, and he threw a bullpen session to work on his mechanics, according to the Boston Globe. "It's nothing," Martinez said. "It swelled up a little bit, but it's not bad. It's something I've done before." Dr. Joseph Chase added, "This has been going on for years. It's been looked at in the past. There's nothing internally going on with that." |
| June 5, 2004 Pedro Martinez said he believes he's discovered a flaw in his mechanics that could be the cause of his poor pitching of late, according to the Boston Globe. "It's no big deal," he said, "but let's work on it and see if that's the reason." Meanwhile, the Boston Herald reports that Martinez said his right wrist swelled up during his last outing. "I've been getting treatment on it," he said. "Maybe it's part of the reason I'm not getting the fastball down.'" |
| May 12, 2004 Pedro Martinez had a callus on his finger trimmed last night, but he remained in the game, according to the Boston Globe. "I'm not the type of pitcher who will develop a blister very often," he said. "I keep popping them out, popping them out, and the last game I developed a big one. It was three in a row that I developed. The skin from the first one was coming off and now the skin from the second one was coming off. I expected it to happen." |
| May 1, 2004 Pedro Martinez announced yesterday that he's breaking off contract talks with the Red Sox and will enter the free agent market after the season, according to the Boston Globe. "Right now, it's done," he said. "It's not going to work this year. At least for the rest of the year I'm going to concentrate on playing baseball and do whatever I have to do for the team to try to win." Martinez said he felt the team misled the public about how seriously they were taking negotiations and the health of his shoulder. "If you don't want me, it's OK. Just let me go with somebody else. Don't try to damage my future by just sneaking things around when I didn't do anything to this management or the fans," he added. |
| April 23, 2004 Breaking out of their recent plans, the Red Sox will take advantage of Monday's day off to give Pedro Martinez and the rest of their rotation an extra day off between starts next week, according to the Boston Globe. |
| April 20, 2004 After getting roughed up in his last start, Pedro Martinez rebounded Tuesday by allowing two runs (one earned), on five hits and two walks over seven innings, and while striking out six. |
| April 13, 2004 Pedro Martinez is still scheduled to start Thursday vs. Baltimore even though Tuesday's game was washed out, according to the AP. Manager Terry Francona will use the rainout to position knuckleballer Tim Wakefield between Martinez and Curt Schilling. Francona decided not to push Martinez back to Friday this week because he wanted to keep him on track to start in New York against the Yankees on Sunday, April 25th. |
| April 12, 2004 The Boston Globe reports that the Red Sox have suspended their plan to take advantage of off days to rest Pedro Martinez regularly, at least for the next couple of weeks. That means even though they are off today, Martinez will pitch on Thursday, not Friday, this week. |
| April 7, 2004 Boston manager Terry Francona spoke with Pedro Martinez about the pitcher leaving the team before Sunday\'s game was over, according to the Boston Globe. They consider the matter resolved. Martinez apparently was not fined. |
| April 6, 2004 Pedro Martinez could face some form of punishment from the Red Sox, because he left the ballpark before Sunday\'s opener was completed, according to the Boston Globe. |
| March 16, 2004 The Red Sox and Pedro Martinez are expected to continue discussions about a contract extension this week, according to the Boston Herald. Martinez would like a new deal before spring training ends. |
| March 1, 2004 Pedro Martinez got a late start to spring training so he could be with his son, who underwent surgery, according to the Boston Globe. Martinez threw off a mound yesterday for the first time since October and was sharp. "He threw 49 pitches, and in the words of [pitching coach] Dave Wallace, he was ridiculous," Red Sox manager Terry Francona said. |
| February 29, 2004 Pedro Martinez may throw off a bullpen mound as early as today depending on how he feels, according to the Boston Globe. |
| February 19, 2004 Pedro Martinez may miss the first three days of spring training because of a family medical issue, according to the AP. Red Sox GM Theo Epstein said today that Martinez "has a very legitimate serious family issue that\'s going to be fine but does require his attention." |
| January 27, 2004 The Boston Globe reports that Pedro Martinez traveled to Miami last week to throw for the Red Sox\'s assistant trainer and rehabilitation coordinator. Martinez was reported to have shown no signs of any lasting effects from his workload last season or his 2001 shoulder injury. |