[EmpireWF]

Pedro Martinez bowed out of his expected Opening Day start on April 3rd at Shea. The plan is for Glavine to start the season and Pedro could pitch as early as April 5th.

[Lefty Noob]

I heard Pedro was going to miss his Opening Day start. Is it the toe?

[EmpireWF]

I'd figure it as more of the fact that his whole program has been delayed a bit. He's first going to make a spring training start this Sunday. It's a matter of giving him as much time as possible to get ready.

Hopefully the toe doesn't act up during the season to a serious extent.

[EmpireWF]

Glavine did his job well earlier today. Earned his 276th career victory.

Billy Wagner closed the game out in tremendous fashion with a great defensive throw from Beltran to Hernandez @ 2nd.

[Lefty Noob]

Glavine pitched a lot better than I expected, Empire. Think he can keep it up?

[EmpireWF]

There's no reason to think he can't. He was in the 2nd half last year. He seems to be free of whatever bothered him in his first year in NY.