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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:

  1. Games started
  2. Innings pitched
  3. Hits
  4. Walks
  5. Strikeouts
  6. Homeruns allowed
  7. Wins
  8. Losses
  9. ERA
Try to avoid basing your prognostications on any of the projection systems (ZiPS, Marcel, Bill James, PECOTA, etc.) that are out there. Stick to what your gut says. Post your projections in the comments in the following comma-delimited format:

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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Pedro's back... sort of
25,150,145,35,140,22,9,6,3.45

by vonhayes on Jan 9, 2008 9:28 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

please be healthy for and make playofffs.
18, 105, 100, 30, 110, 11, 6, 3.32

by Manhasset Paulie on Jan 9, 2008 9:59 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Here we go
26,156,160,35,140,21,10,6,4.00

by Shomov on Jan 9, 2008 10:21 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

call me Mr. Optimism
I'm pulling these numbers out of my ass, but so what.

28,168.2,173,42,185,12,16,5,3.15

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Jan 9, 2008 11:15 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

GS,IP,H,BB,K,HR,W,L,ERA
26,155,140,32,174,18,14,6,3.07

My gut is better than Willie's.

by Danny on Jan 9, 2008 12:03 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

petey martinson!
27,175,145,25,211,16,13,7,2.95

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 reply actions   0 recs

Pedro
30,180,160,30,180,12,16,8,3.05
Keep Lastings Milledge Free

by DoctorK16 on Jan 9, 2008 12:42 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

GS, IP, H, BB, K, HR, W, L, ERA
26, 168, 142, 39, 204, 16-7, 3.01
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-

by future on Jan 9, 2008 12:42 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Hey ...
Looks like you left out your homerun projection.

by Max in NJ on Jan 10, 2008 12:16 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

16
He IM'd me and is too lazy to post it here himself.

by Eric Simon on Jan 10, 2008 9:00 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

ugh, I don't feel so good...
18, 111, 111, 33, 77, 14, 8, 3, 4.04

by citimetro on Jan 9, 2008 1:37 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

i'm thinking
26,149.7,102,47,135,20,13,6,3.47

by JohnP on Jan 9, 2008 2:00 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

GS, IP, H, BB, K, W, L, ERA
22, 140, 149, 37, 132, 9, 6, 3.44

by Alex Nelson on Jan 9, 2008 2:50 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

GS,IP,H,BB,K,HR,W,L,ERA
28, 167, 149, 41, 161, 14, 14, 6, 3.11

by whynot on Jan 9, 2008 3:22 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

GS,IP,H,BB,K,HR,W,L,ERA
29, 178, 144, 35, 175, 23, 13, 4, 3.24
.318/.379/.591
.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 reply actions   0 recs

Pedro ...
Well, this is overly optimistic, but still, it's all in good fun. And Pedro never ceases to amaze me:

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 reply actions   0 recs

0.86 WHIP
That would be awesome.
We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Jan 10, 2008 11:50 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

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