Waiting for Pedro

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

This should be a continuing story into the summer.

Here's the latest Pedro Martinez update, from Newsday:

] Pedro could rehab with big club soon BY DAVID LENNON April 14, 2007 It appears that Pedro Martinez could rejoin the Mets by the end of this month. Not as a fully functioning member of the rotation, of course. He's not that far ahead of schedule. But he could be throwing from a mound sooner rather than later, and the Mets want him to take that important step under their supervision. Martinez, who is rehabbing from rotator cuff surgery, has not stepped on a mound since Sept. 27, his final start of last season. After showing up early for spring training, Martinez still waited more than three weeks before playing catch, and he's vowed to take the rehab process slow. But even so, team officials are pleased with his progress, and Martinez was showing a little pop on his fastball at the end of March. The Mets have yet to budge on their conservative estimate of an early-August return for Martinez, but that could always be moved up if his rehab continues without a hitch.

[metirish]

I imagine both Pedro and the Mets will continue the conservative approach in his rehab,still come July/August and depending where the Mets are in the division getting Pedro back could be a great boost to the squad,just having him on the bench soon will be a good thing.