****Update*****: The Baseball Prospectus writer who threw out the Pedro rumor last night issued a mea culpa this morning. He said, in part:
I caught wind of the possibility Martinez was going to sign with the Astros early in the evening and it kept getting stronger and stronger the more I checked it out. I felt so strongly that the information was correct that I went with it. As it turned out, the sources I checked it with had also been the recipient of misinformation.
So, it looks like there will just be one future Hall of Famer signed this week.
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Baseball Prospectus said he was close to becoming an Astro, last night.
Today, JJO reports that there will be no Pedro.
Hmmm...this day keeps getting weirder.
Said Ed Wade: We have had zero conversations with Pedro. I have absolutely no idea where that [the Martinez rumor] is coming from.
After Wade denied, denied, denied everything about Pudge signing, I still wouldn't be surprised if something was going on.