El Duque's right foot a wild card
Published 3/28/2008 by Marty Noble at Major League Baseball News
The Mets were to begin their final personnel deliberations Friday and Saturday. Mike Pelfrey is expecting to begin the regular season as a Triple-A pitcher. What Orlando Hernandez expects -- from the club and from his own body -- is an unknown.
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