Mets In Trouble & Don't Vote for Pedro

Mets' Martinez may miss playoff opener
"Slowed this time by an ailing calf, Martinez said he's got no confidence in his pitches and all but conceded that he won't start in Game 1 of the NL playoffs next week -- if he's able to pitch at all in the opening round."

ESPN's Olney summed it up the best:
Pedro had nothing
"Pedro Martinez was absolutely terrible in his last regular season outing last night, and he said if he were the manager, the decision whether to start him in Game 1 would be easy: He wouldn't do it. I agree, and in fact, if I were the Mets, I'd line up Pedro as the Game 4 starter, after seeing him throw last night. No velocity, no command, nothing. If the Mets wanted to, they could actually drop him out of the playoff rotation altogether and use Orlando Hernandez, Tom Glavine, Steve Trachsel and John Maine, but I'd still want to give Pedro the ball, to see if he could rise to the moment."


Mets will have to look hard into how they are going to approach their 1st round rotation in the playoff. Glavine isn't at his best at this point, either. Does any team really want El Duque or Steve Trachsel as your Game 1 stater?!