Perdo Martinez to join Phillies

[Kige Ramsey]

PHILADELPHIA -- Pedro Martinez appears to be close to joining the Philadelphia Phillies.

Multiple media outlets are reporting the three-time Cy Young Award winner has agreed to a contract with the NL East leaders that will be announced Wednesday.

Martinez went 5-6 with a 5.61 ERA for the New York Mets last year. The free agent pitched in the World Baseball Classic before this season.

The Phillies have been hurt by injuries to their starting rotation. No. 2 starter Brett Myers had hip surgery in June and his replacement, Antonio Bastardo, landed on the disabled list after making five starts. Philadelphia already has used nine starters through 86 games. The World Champion Phillies used only seven starters last season.

[daviddinkinsjr]

wonder what the Whale thinks of this... he can't be worse than he was with my Metsees

[whitewhale5384]

Ugh, no thanks. But at least we won't be wasting millions of dollars on him. And we do need pitching help. I'm holding out hope the Phils trade for Doc Halladay!

[jayhawks147]

Uh Dinkins, how can we go to Shea and beat the Mets when it doesn't exist?

[daviddinkinsjr]

very funny nickname Whale... bastard

[jayhawks147]

Not as bad as whoever changed my name to "Missouri #1 fan"

[daviddinkinsjr]

It was RollerToasterStroodle me thinks. He was the only person besides Kige who had been on between last time I was on. Unless you changed it.

[Kige Ramsey]

Someone just called into our local sports talk radio show to talk about the Raiders I bet it was roller

[daviddinkinsjr]

Raider talk in Kentucky? Almost as freaky as soccer callers flooding the airwaves in NY yesterday. Stupid Beckham.