Pedro wait may be worth it

Waiting for Pedro Martinez to come back may be worth it, since his doctors explain that with surgery on his torn rotator cuff, his speed on his fastball may be back up to the mid-90′s.

He says that he is very optimistic, and that if it was his choice, he’d come back earlier than Mid-season, but the doctors say he should wait until he is back to absolute 100%

Last year, soon after mid-year, he started to fall behind, and started to struggle. Earlier in the year, he started off 5-0, and then started losing many games, mostly because his offense gave him no run support. Over the past few years, he has lost power with his fastball… It has barely gotten up to the 90′s recently. Earlier in his career, he threw 95-97, but then over the past few years it has dropped, and Pedro said that his arm has been getting beat up the past few years… he says now it should be refueled.
Pedro visited with his son – who is in the Mets farm system, his name is Pedro E. Martinez, he is 19 years old, and right now is at the Mets’ training complex in Boca de Nigua, Dominican Republic.

Fact: Pedro could throw 80 MPH at 13 years old when a scout clocked him at his Brother Ramon’s practice. Pedro became much more serious with baseball and by the time he was throwing in the 90′s around 19 years old, he was already drafted by the Dodgers

Pedro weighed about 135 lbs. when he began his pro career. He was so skinny that he was threatened with a $500 fine if the team caught him running. This was a problem, because Pedro jogged to build up his legs and stamina. he paid $20 at night to the watchman at the Dodgers academy to let him in after dark.