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Posted on: Monday, June 22, 2009

MLB: Angels won’t pursue Pedro Martinez


By Bill Shaikin and Bill Brink
Los Angeles Times

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Anaheim Angels have “no interest” in pitcher Pedro Martinez, General Manager Tony Reagins said Sunday.

Reagins said the Angels chose not to pursue Martinez for baseball reasons and not financial ones.
The Angels scouted Martinez at his workout last week in the Dominican Republic. The Dodgers did not scout the workout, and Manager Joe Torre said the team has not discussed Martinez since spring training.
Reagins did not elaborate on his comments, but a baseball source familiar with reports from the workout said Martinez’s fastball was clocked most often in the 85-mph range.
The source, who declined to be identified because he was not authorized to publicly discuss scouting reports, said Martinez had good arm speed and quality off-speed pitches but said teams would have to consider whether he could pitch effectively at that velocity or whether he might regain enough velocity in time to help this season.
Martinez, a three-time Cy Young Award winner, went 5-6 with a career-high 5.61 earned-run average for the New York Mets last season. He has not pitched in the major leagues this season, and he is reportedly asking $5 million to do so.