Except this time, he took us to a different page in the thesaurus. No, that's far too strong. After all the years I've spent kidding Red Sox fans for being paranoid, it would be ridiculous to tell them to worry after Martinez allowed two runs on six hits while fanning 10, lifting his league-leading K total to 55, while ballooning his ERA to all of 1.80.
Concern is too strong a term for the feeling.
Doubt is too strong. That's what we're seeing from Boston's supreme ace this season. Pedro is still Pedro, but it takes him much more work to be himself than ever before. The cold facts are as follows. After five starts, Martinez is 2-0.