Martinez the Marlin? Does not compute.

Pedro Martinez makes no sense in Miami

Pedro Martinez is 37 years old. He's coming off a subpar season, surgery and he's lost a couple of feet off his fastball, but he's still...well, Pedro Martinez. If healthy, he could make a difference for a contending team. He could also add some wins to his hall of fame resume.

That's why the idea of Pedro to the Marlins makes no sense whatsoever. They're not contenders and there's probably not as many wins on the table there for Pedro as there may be elsewhere.

There has been some speculation that the Marlins would like to add Pedro as a veteran presence to help Josh Johnson, Ricky Nolasco, Chris Volstad, Andrew Miller and Anibal Sanchez, the other possible starters. But there's no indication in Pedro's past history that he's interested in playing the role of elder statesman like a Gregg Maddux. If the Marlins are expecting for Pedro to be the Pedro of 2002...well, there's no way in the world they're expecting that.

Maybe the Fish think they can get Pedro for real cheap and he'll want to be there because he has a house in the area. But if they think he'll be the difference between contender and prentender while he plays Yoda to the youngsters, they'd probably be disappointed. He'd also be taking innings away from those same youngsters, who need seasoning in order to make them eventual contenders.

This is one deal that makes zero sense for either side. Which is why it'll probably happen.