I have talked with two sources today, one stateside and one international, and both have told me not to worry about Fernando Martinez's latest ding.
The Mets treat Fernando like Tiffany glassware, and what would be a 3-5 day benching becomes 2-3 weeks. There simply is no rush to play him at ST when he's going to wind up in Buffalo anyway, and putting him on the shelf gives the Mets braintrust a chance to work with him 100% in the rehab room.
By the way, my international contact said that Martinez was the talk of the winter leagues. Maybe we're too close to the situation and judge this kid on the fact that he doesn't hit 40 home runs every season.
My source says he was easily one of the five top players playing in the winter leagues that just ended and there is a ton of buzz about him throughout the spanish-language web sites.
Comprende?
Mack
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