eMail Q&A, pres. by Citi: Should Mets give up on F-Mart?

Tommy in Hoboken: I think it’s officially time to give up on Fernando Martinez? He’s clearly just another Alex Escobar and Lastings Milledge. What do you think? Matthew Cerrone: I don’t know that it ever makes total sense for fans to 100 percent give up on any one. However, I can tell you that I often forget he’s even in the organization. He’s now 22 years old. The clock is ticking, and he still has never really played a full, dominant season in the minor leagues, and it’s hard to believe he ever will. Last year, a Mets person tried to convince me that Martinez was simply going through growing pains, like all young men, it’s just he was doing it as a professionally athlete (keeping in mind that every body is different, and we all heal and build in different ways). He pointed to Jose Reyes and others as an example of young men who needed time to get stronger and healthier as they matured. The problem, though, is Martinez is dealing with a...