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NEW YORK -- Three weeks after Pedro Martinez filed for free agency, his agent has repeated essentially what former Mets coach Guy Conti said about his friend last month -- that the veteran pitcher wants to extend his career and return to the Mets. Interest reiterated hardly is interest reciprocated, however. The Mets' reaction on Tuesday to the published words of agent Fernando Cuza is, at best, lukewarm.

The same club that paid Martinez $53 million to restore a sense of credibility to the organization and to lead a rotation is all but certain that neither Martinez's status in the game nor his fastball has impact comparable to what existed in 2005, when he was a principal component in the Mets' renaissance.

Pedro unlikely to come back

I will miss Pedro but his time here has come to an end. I wish him the best of luck down the road.