Pedro Martinez is a man without a job. But as he prepares to pitch for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic, he tells us that he doesn't need a job that badly. If there's a choice between retirement, and joining a team on a one-year, $1 million contract, Pedro would
choose retirement.
"If I wanted to pitch that bad, I probably would," Martinez said about agreeing to a low guarantee comparable to Glavine's. "But I don't think I'm in that stage. I believe I'm very comfortable. I'm not going to let anybody disrespect my abilities or the way I am. I wouldn't say I would want to pitch that bad."
A lot is going to depend on not only whether Martinez pitches well in the WBC, but whether he even pitches at all. It's not guaranteed that he's going to get a start over
Ubaldo Jimenez for the Dominican Republic, so with nothing to go on besides an injury-filled 2008 season, there's no way Martinez is going to get the contract he's looking for (especially when nobody is getting the contract they're looking for). So if Martinez holds to this, it could be a sad end to a surefire Hall of Fame career -- an end that he's apparently comfortable with.
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