3 best Mets starting pitchers single season in the 2000s

2) Pedro Martinez's first year with the Mets was one of the best of his time

Pedro Martinez came to the Mets in 2005 after a formidable career with the Boston Red Sox where he established himself as one of the greatest pitchers of all time in baseball history. Pedro comes to the organization after signing a four-year, $53 million contract during Omar Minaya's tenure as general manager of the Mets.

The hype created around his arrival in Queens was enormous. A pitcher of Martinez's caliber having pitched one of the best careers in history in the steroids era and having won three Cy Young Awards and a World Series title was significant for a team that wanted to switch to a winning culture.

In his first year, he did not disappoint. Pedro finished 2005 with 31 starts where he posted a 2.82 ERA with 208 strikeouts in 217 innings pitched. That same year he was selected to the All-Star Game representing the National League. Martinez's numbers gave him the fifth-highest WAR of his career at 7.0 and his 0.949 WHIP was the best in all of MLB.

Despite having put a few years of low productivity into his contract, Pedro Martinez's 2005 season with the Mets, resulted in the second-best season for a Queen's pitcher in the 2000s.