Pedro says rehab is on schedule  

Seeing Pedro Martinez in his home white uniform Friday was like a mirage for the Mets. Coming off rotator-cuff surgery, Martinez represents a distant oasis of salvation, a hazy vision months away from morphing into something more concrete.

All the Mets can cling to now is the hope that Martinez someday will become his Cy Young self again. The same can be said of Martinez, who is trying to come back from the most debilitating injury of his brilliant 15-year career.
Even with all the weightlifting and resistance training, all the cardio work and agility drills, since his surgery last October, Martinez has yet to perform the basic task of climbing a mound and throwing a baseball.

That's how painfully slow his rehabilitation process is, but by next week, Martinez might get the go-ahead to play catch. Martinez said Friday that his arm "is doing great" and that he "should be back by the predicted time," which the Mets have targeted as mid-July.