Pedro! Pedro! Pedro!

I'm speechless, Pedro Martinez is a Met.

I think this is an excellent move. It's a bold one, no doubt, but one that makes sense in a lot of ways. Pedro doesn't come without question marks, but this is a move the Mets needed to make. Whether you like it or not, the Mets have been an irrelevant franchise since they decided to pass on A-Rod four years ago. Instead of paying one of the best players in the game, they wasted that money on Mo Vaughn, Kevin Appier, Tom Glavine and Roger Cedeno. Just last year, they had another chance to be relevant again, but they were gun-shy about Guerrero and now he's winning MVP awards in Anaheim. Well, it seems as if third time is the charm for Wilpon and the Mets. Pedro is a Met and aside from his kiler fastball and devasting changeup, he brings instant credibility to a moribund franchise. He makes them relevant again.

I'll try to write something about it tomorrow, but in the meanwhile check the sidebar for more eloquent and thoughtful responses on the move.

Pedro Martinez is a Met. Rolls nicely off the tongue, doesn't it? Kudos Omar.