Pedro Martinez didn't need to pitch in Friday's Grapefruit League game to know he's healthy. His body tells him that on the back fields, when he throws the ball like he did a decade ago. "You pick it up and throw it and know that nothing is going to bother you," Martinez said. "You enjoy when you're able to go out there with everybody and do like everybody else does and not have to worry about anything."
Martinez felt so good pitching five innings on Friday against the Nationals, he suggested he was capable of pitching another two or three innings on top of his 71-pitch effort. Despite trouble gripping his breaking pitches because of a wind that dried the balls, Martinez held Washington to two runs and five hits while striking out four and walking none in the Mets' 8-2 victory. Continue
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