Monday, March 19, 2007

An early return for Pedro, or no return at all?

http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/blog/2007/03/the_pedro_show.html

"I know the Mets are predicting an early August return for Pedro, but I'm betting it's going to be earlier than that." Martinez is zipping his throws with surprising ease, popping Correnti's glove from about 75 feet away, and judging from his demeanor, he could not be feeling much better. He even playfully snapped off a couple of soft curve balls when Correnti closed in to about 12 feet.

~This is weird, everybody close to Pedro (his trainers, and the Mets) say Pedro will be coming back with added velocity, and is going to be ready to pick up where he left off. But people for ESPN don't think Pedro will come back at all, or won't win more then 10 games if he does come back.
I would want to believe Pedro's trainers more then ESPN, because his trainers are with him everyday. About Pedro coming back early, its definitely possible but I believe its Pedro who doesn't want to rush back. In my opinion I think Pedro wants to take as much time off as possible for his arm to be 100%. And he wants to be ready for a playoff push as soon as he gets back. But if Pedro is really looking as good as this writer made him out to be its a definite possibility that Pedro comes back before August. (Mid June-Early July?)
According to his trainers and Pedro, Pedro might be coming back with more velocity. Pedro lost alot of his velocity because of the arm troubles when he dropped arm angle to deal with the pain. Maybe with the fixed shoulder, Pedro goes back to the old arm angle, and can be in the low 90's consistently.

Here is the link to that ESPN Article
www.sportsworldny.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9760
Scratch that its not insider, its a forum where somebody post exactly what the article says.

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