Pedro Martinez Limps Out of the Break

The elderly contingent of the New York Mets took another injury hit, as Pedro Martinez's second half debut will be delayed a little bit, as a pain killing injection will force him to miss his first start out of the break, which was scheduled for Sunday in Cincinnati. He could go on Tuesday against the Phillies, but if he can't answer the bell then, the Mets can go with a four-man rotation with an off-day on Monday.

There's never a fortunate time for an injury, but with Mike Pelfrey as the reigning NL pitcher of the week, and Oliver Perez having given up two runs in his last 20 innings, the back of the rotation can hang in fairly well while Pedro misses this start. As for Pedro, it's just another in the long line of injuries he's suffered in this odyssey of a season ... from his hamstring injury in April to groin problems and shoulder tightness in his last start against Colorado, and now this. It seems like a temporary thing, but we'll always wonder what's next with Pedro, as one injury for an older pitcher always seems to lead to another.