Thursday, March 8, 2007

Pedro Throws For First Time Since Surgery

Pedro Martinez threw a baseball Wednesday for the first time since rotator cuff surgery in October, lightly tossing a ball for 10 minutes from a distance of about 45 feet at the Mets' Minor League complex. "He looked good," rehabilitation pitching coordinator Randy Niemann said. "It's just the beginning. It's the start of a long process, but he looked really good." The 35-year-old Martinez, who went 9-8 with a 4.48 ERA and a 1.11 WHIP in 2006, is not expected to rejoin the Mets' rotation until sometime after the All-Star break.
Source: MLB.com