So now Pedro Martinez says he might like to come out of retirement and pitch a partial season with preferably the Phillies, Yankees or Red Sox. Chances are he has no chance with the Phillies. Their starting staff is loaded. Not neccesarily so for the Yankees. Heck they are even gonna give former Cub Carlos Silva a shot. Silva was so unimpressive to the Cubs they are eating most of his $11.5 million contract plus next year's $2-million buyout. Silva has agreed to try to get in shape in the Yankees minor league system.
Recently retired--29 year old Ian Snell--is having second thoughts. The pitcher most noted for never quite getting it together with the Pirates was dropped after a spring tryout with the Cardinals. Now he says he is available if someone is interested.
Meanwhile Doug Drabek's son, Kyle, picked up his first major league win over the weekend for Toronto. He trails Doug by 154 wins.
Why are the Red Sox off to such a poor start? Look at the team ERA. Last in all of baseball at 7.09 into Sunday's action. That makes it easy to see why the club was 1-7. Also shows why the Astros are also 1-7. Their team ERA is only one step above.
The Twins will be without second baseman Tsuyoshi Nishioka for about six weeks. The first year MLB infielder broke his fibula on Thursday. He was the Japan Pacific League batting champ last season and is costing the Twins about $14-million this season. Minnesota says they will wait for his return and not make any deals...just cover the spot with people already in the system.
The big story was the announced retirement of Manny Ramirez from Tampa Bay after apparently failing a substance test. Chances are he would have been suspended 100 games anyway, so Manny said that he had played enough
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