Pedro will wait for Mets on new contract

Pedro Martinez will wait to see whether the New York Mets want him back in 2009. Martinez is beginning the final season of his four-year, $53 million deal and eager to find out how his right shoulder holds up. He had major surgery on it in October 2006, spent most of last year recovering and went 3-1 with a 2.57 ERA in five starts. The 36-year-old Martinez said it's up to the Mets to talk to him about upping the deal. "If they approach me, that's fine," he said Tuesday. [link]