Do the Phillies want Pedro Martinez back?

While attending David Ortiz’s charity golf tournament in the Dominican Republic over the weekend Pedro Martinez made it clear that he’d like to pitch for the Phillies again in 2010. “They treated me very well and they were very professional,” Martinez said. “They will always have the door open.” After signing with Philadelphia in July and making his Phillies debut a month later, Martinez went 5-3 with a 3.65 ERA in 12 starts between the regular season and playoffs. With a 53/12 K/BB ratio in 61.2 innings Martinez certainly showed that he still has the stuff to be an effective middle-of-rotation starter and he reportedly plans to play a full season in 2010. Of course, at 38 years old Martinez is hardly a good bet to actually pitch a full season. In fact, he hasn’t started 25 games or thrown 150 innings since his first year with the Mets in 2005. Philadelphia has Cliff Lee, Cole Hamels, Joe Blanton, and J.A. Happ cemented in the rotation, so the question is whether it’s worth spending, say, $5 million on Martinez rather than turning the fifth spot over to some combination of Jamie Moyer, Kyle Kendrick, and Antonio Bastardo. Probably, but the Phillies seem unlikely to get into any kind of bidding war.