Pedro picks Mets over Red Sox, sides try to close deal
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Pedro Martinez closed in on a four-year deal with the New York Mets, and the Boston Red Sox resigned themselves Monday to losing the three-time Cy Young Award winner.
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The New York Mets are set to complete  a deal for Boston Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez, grabbing the  prize off-season signing from crosstown rivals the Yankees.
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With the top free agent pitcher, former Red Sox Pedro Martinez , already in tow, the New York Mets have reached a preliminary agreement with the other top free agent prize of the offseason, outfielder Carlos Beltran .
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Although Omar Minaya, the Mets' general manager, has not extended a contract offer, he is competing with the most prominent teams in baseball for Pedro MartÃ­nez.
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It is much too easy to call Pedro Martinez the selfish one, to say he is walking out on the Red Sox, his baseball family, for the extra year of the Mets&#39; crazy money.
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Lest there remain any doubt about their resolve, the Red Sox last night were fully prepared to let Pedro Martinez take his remarkable skills elsewhere rather than guarantee him a four-year contract to stay in Boston.
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Manny Ramirez [stats, news]&#39; days as a Red Sox [stats, schedule] could be numbered. The Red Sox and Mets have been swapping ideas about how to pull off aneconomically-driven
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Pedro Martinez confirmed Tuesday that he has agreed to the Mets&#39; contract offer. Now, the question is how much Martinez has left to offer the Mets.
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The clock kept ticking on the Pedro Martinez [stats, news]-Red Sox [stats, schedule] negotiations last night, with all signs pointing to the ace hurler making up his
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(Sports Network) - Pedro Martinez will try to win his fourth consecutive decision, as he takes the hill for the Boston Red Sox in the middle test of a three-game series against the visiting Toronto Blue Jays.
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THEY sized each other up, as people tend to do when discussing millions and millions of dollars. Pedro MartÃ­nez was already hurting from the desultory negotiations with the Red Sox.
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Pedro Martinez considered the choices: stay with the World Series champion Boston Red Sox, sign with the NL champion St. Louis Cardinals or become the cornerstone of a reconstruction project with the New York Mets.
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Pedro Martinez confirmed yesterday what the Boston Red Sox had said the day before. That leaves the Mets as the only party not to announce that the future Hall of Famer is their newest ace.
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Pedro Martinez confirmed Tuesday that he has agreed to join the New York Mets.
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Admit it, Red Sox fans. You put last night's game in the win column as soon as you found out the pitching matchup. The masterful Pedro Martinez was going for Boston against Texas's John Wasdin, who came into the game with a 7.01 earned run average and was considered cannon fodder when he pitched for the Sox.
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With Pedro Martinez headed to the New York Mets and Curt Schilling&#39;s recovery from ankle surgery taking longer than expected, the Boston&#39;s newest acquisition might start the season opener against his former team at Yankee Stadium.
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A variety of Red Sox tickets went on sale yesterday, and now the defending champs have the cash flow to re-sign Pedro Martinez, Jason Varitek while hand-picking a shortstop.