That’s not right that he said that’s why they let me go. I read that and it hurts because I like Dan, he’s one of my good pitching coaches. He’s saying they didn’t want to sign me because I’d blow out this year. That hurts.
Aw, shucks. We — and by we I mean me — love Perpetual Pedro around here. Dude just goes about his weird incredibly specialized business. And now Dan Warthen has hurt his feelings.
Presumably his shoulder still hurts more or else he’d be pitching for the Yankees and not on the disabled list. The good news is he has $8 million over the next two years, and maybe a lesson that asking for the ball every single day isn’t necessarily the best way to secure the best contract.