Community Projection: Pedro Martinez
Signing Pedro Martinez was the first significant move that Omar Minaya made after he took over as GM three years ago. It was a four-year, $52 million deal that many suggested was a year and a few million bucks too much to give to a guy coming off a 3.90 ERA in 2003. The Mets were hoping for a difference-maker, the likes of which Martinez had been for so many years in Boston. In his first year as a Met, Martinez was just that, finishing near the top of the NL in almost every important pitching category.
He battled injuries in 2006, making just 23 starts and finishing with a sub-standard 4.48 ERA. He missed almost all of 2007 recovering from shoulder surgery, but made five starts at the end of the season, showing signs of the dominance of his first season in Queens.
| Year | GS | IP | H | BB | K | HR | W | L | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 31 | 217.0 | 159 | 47 | 208 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 2.82 |
| 2006 | 23 | 132.2 | 108 | 39 | 137 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 4.48 |
| 2007 | 5 | 28.0 | 33 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2.57 |
Question marks abound as 2008 looms, and with nothing to do but sit on our thumbs until pitchers and catchers report in five weeks, let's have a bit of fun. A number of other SBN blogs hold community projections for some of their teams' more prominent players, so I'd like to take a crack at doing something similar with the Mets.
We'll start with Sir Pedro, projecting his 2008 performance in the following categories:
- Games started
- Innings pitched
- Hits
- Walks
- Strikeouts
- Homeruns allowed
- Wins
- Losses
- ERA
GS,IP,H,BB,K,HR,W,L,ERA
You can even copy the line above, paste it into your comment, and then simply replace the categories with your projections. For example:
20,140,130,45,135,16,10,6,3.50
Posting in this manner will make it far easier for me to copy into Excel to tabulate. I'll post other pitchers and hitters in the coming weeks, and will tally our projections at the end.
And... go!
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please be healthy for and make playofffs.
by Manhasset Paulie on Jan 9, 2008 9:59 AM EST 0 recs
call me Mr. Optimism
28,168.2,173,42,185,12,16,5,3.15
by kingcritical on Jan 9, 2008 11:15 AM EST 0 recs
GS,IP,H,BB,K,HR,W,L,ERA
My gut is better than Willie's.
by Danny on Jan 9, 2008 12:03 PM EST 0 recs
petey martinson!
this would be really hard if we didnt have those previous years as a cheat sheet.
by kendynamo on Jan 9, 2008 12:13 PM EST 0 recs
Pedro
by DoctorK16 on Jan 9, 2008 12:42 PM EST 0 recs
GS, IP, H, BB, K, HR, W, L, ERA
by future on Jan 9, 2008 12:42 PM EST 0 recs
Hey ...
by Max in NJ on
Jan 10, 2008 12:16 AM EST
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by Eric Simon on
Jan 10, 2008 9:00 PM EST
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ugh, I don't feel so good...
by citimetro on Jan 9, 2008 1:37 PM EST 0 recs
GS, IP, H, BB, K, W, L, ERA
by Blackfish on Jan 9, 2008 2:50 PM EST 0 recs
GS,IP,H,BB,K,HR,W,L,ERA
by whynot on Jan 9, 2008 3:22 PM EST 0 recs
GS,IP,H,BB,K,HR,W,L,ERA
.299/.362/.543
.304/.396/.474
.317/.363/.517
.289/.375/.478
.288/.387/.474
.305/.385/.479
.278/.339/.399
Pick your poison
by BlackOps on Jan 9, 2008 5:54 PM EST 0 recs
Pedro ...
GS,IP,H,BB,K,HR,W,L,ERA
30,200,150,22,180,15,18-5,2.85
by Max in NJ on Jan 10, 2008 12:14 AM EST 0 recs
0.86 WHIP
by kingcritical on
Jan 10, 2008 11:50 AM EST
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