Bob Klapisch: Pedro Martinez deal a bust (flag)

sports.espn.go.com — It was four years ago that Pedro Martinez was lured to New York by the Mets, a $53 million check stuffed in his pocket. Pedro wasn't just a free-agent prize; to the Mets he was The One. Now, 32 wins and no world championships later, it's fair to ask: Was Pedro really worth the money? Not if ...

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Pedro Martinez – Was he worth the 53 million?
24 Hours From Suicide...A Day In The Life of a Met Fan — If you ask Bob Klapisch the answer is a resounding no. If you check out his latest article he even says that Pedro really didn’t do much in regards to bring players to the Mets. He mentions that the money the Mets offered Beltran is the reason he is a Met and had nothing to do with Pedro. Of course the money was a factor I am sure but I doubt Beltran would have signed if he didn’t see the Mets were on the way to make the team more respectable. I think Pedro’s first year with the Mets where he was 15-8 really was what the Mets brass expected but after ...

Met news as the winter meetings near
SILive: Ya Gotta Believe — ... . Good. The draft is the way to build a winner these days and now the Mets will be players if (when) Ollie bolts. * The Pedro Martinez signing was a bust for the Mets , ESPN.com's Bob Klapish says. TRUE. Petey was great in 2005 when the team was in transition, then he broke down when the Mets actually got good. And I don't buy that stuff about Carlos Beltran signing because of Martinez. Carlos landed in Flushing because the Mets offered $119M. And because the Yankees didn't want him. * Brian Fuentes has ...

Was Pedro Worth It?
Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest — Yesterday, Bob Klapisch questioned the impact of Pedro Martinez over at his column at ESPN. His premise was to contradict the theory, spouted by yours truly, that Pedro Martinez off the field value was worth the $53 million dollar contract. He points out that Scott Boras offering Carlos Beltran to the Yankees at a discount, blowing Game 7 to the Cardinals, and two September collapses give you reasons to doubt Pedro’s value on and off the field. He believes the turnaround is more to do with the “Wilpon family’s willingness to outbid the market for star player”. The four years of Pedro Martinez certainly didn’t give you $53 million in ...

Tuesday Applesauce
Amazin' Avenue — ... Bob Klapisch doesn't think the Mets got their money's worth out of Pedro Martinez, arguing that the $53 million they gave him over four years included considerable time on the disabled list, a disappointing 2008, and nothing closer to a World Championship than falling in seven games to the Cardinals in the 2006 NLCS. ...

"Pedro Was A Bust" Catching On
The Mets Police — I blogged about it all year and caught lots of grief from my name-calling, but it looks like Pedro-bashing is catching on.   People are starting to realize that Pedro did nothing after June 6, 2006 - something I first mentioned in this post ...