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ORLANDO — When are Pedro Martinez and Jesisca Mendoza speaking as baseball team officials, and when are they speaking as members of the media? And how exactly aren’t they speaking on behalf of both employers all of the time?
Rob Manfred, after some initial bobbing and weaving, acknowledged that he’s essentially as confused as the rest of us.
Martinez, a Red Sox special assistant who also works for the MLB Network, and Mendoza, a Mets baseball operations adviser, who also works for ESPN, both recently criticized A’s pitcher Mike Fiers for publicly accusing the 2017 Astros, for whom he pitched, of illegally stealing signs from opponents.