Pedro Being Manny

Has anyone else noticed that a lot of the recent rumors about Pedro Martinez sound an awful lot like the rumors that surrounded Manny Ramirez all off-season?

Speculative writers give ideas of where Pedro would be a good fit. Rumors pop up and teams make announcements that they are not interested in Pedro. Pedro keeps making statements about how he’s talked to this or that team and then they deny it.

In the end, Manny wound up back with his former team at the team’s price. As a Mets fan, with our current starting rotation woes, I’d be more than okay with that.

Here’s a question: if Pedro doesn’t sign till June, does he expect a pro-rated salary or would he still be asking for a full $5MM?