Pedro Martinez - MLB.com

So I’m watching the baseball classic today, the Dominican Republic versus the Netherlands. The game was pretty good, but at that point it was early and the Netherlands were winning. It was fun to watch the game because you could recognize every player on the Dominican squad because they have so many players in the big leagues.

What caught my attention though was when Pedro Martinez came in. They were talking about how he was using the World Baseball Classic to audition for major league teams. The announcers said there were a handful of teams looking at him, but one of them point blank said he thought Pedro would end up with the Dodgers.

I kind of stared blankly at the screen. Did I hear that right? I didn’t even know we were watching him. The Dodgers do need pitching, but Pedro?

Apparently he wants to play for a championship team in the National League to go with his championship in the American League.

The more I thought about it, this could work if the money was right. Colletti loves bringing in big name vets to get the fans in the park, and yet those who have won at the Big Show. Pedro would fit and might possibly make Dodgerfans feel better that he was traded away for Delino DeShields.

Truth be known I think he’s an injury risk, but he looked good today for 3 innings. He had speed, he was mixing it up, and he held them scoreless. Who knows it may be closer than we think. You throw Pedro in the mix, and you’ve got an unexpected, decent pitching staff. Obviously with Manny and Pedro, you could have a really high caliber team.

We’ll see, but it was one rumor worth stewing on.

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