Oliver Perez Is Mets New $36 Million Dollar LOOGY

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• Ken Lagrahm May 4, 2009 at 7:50 pm

  “An even better alternative, the manager suggested, would be to enter with a runner on second, first base vacant and a lefthanded batter at the plate. That way, if Perez were to issue a walk — he had 21 in 21.2 innings as a starter — he could be removed without negatively affecting the game’s outcome. Are you kidding me!!!”

  Did he actually say that or did you make it up! If you made it up then LOL, if not then what’s the opposite of LOL? I understand that you don’t want to have $36 Million in the minor leagues, but he needs to be a starter and how is an occasional inning going to help him get back to starter form?
  • Joe D May 4, 2009 at 7:59 pm

    Ken,

    I wish I was kidding, but I’m not that clever… Manuel said that!

    It was reported in the Daily News by Adam Rubin…
• Greg Pomes May 4, 2009 at 8:28 pm

  I doubt there was no talk about sending Ollie down. I’m sure Ollie and Boras vetoed that. Not surprising really as we all know Ollie is not a team guy, he got his contract, what does he care how this will workout for his team?
• Tanya Mercado May 4, 2009 at 8:30 pm

  I can actually understand the logic behind this. By doing this, you aren’t completely killing his confidence. You’re telling him you so still have some type of faith in him.

  I don’t like the move. But what else can you do? Instead of Takahashi, I would rather see Figueroa come up.

  But what happened to the injury he all of a sudden had? lol
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• MetsFanMD May 4, 2009 at 10:04 pm

  Takahashi ?!?!? Does anyone else think it would be worth it to at least CALL Pedro? We all know that Pedro’s never winning another CY Young, but doesn’t he at least give us a shot at winning ? At his worst, he still went 5-6. The Ollie is going, he might lose 20 this year…
  • Mykey May 5, 2009 at 9:59 am

    You do realize that even if they call Pedro, he won’t be ready to pitch for at least a month. He is not going to come right in and start in the majors. He would have to do to the minors and get into game shape.

    I don’t think the Mets are stupid enough to think the Japenese guy is the long term solution. I agree that I would rather see Figgy pitch as the short term solution, but the Japenese guy did look good last time out so who knows. If you can get 5-6 innings out of him, then I will take it. But after that, we do need to look into long term solutions.
• OrangeMan2 May 4, 2009 at 10:56 pm

  As much as I would love for the Mets to have sent Perez to St. Lucie where he could work his way back up the ranks, the Mets really should have sent him to Buffalo because the Bisons aren’t doing well right now and maybe Ollie could help things out there a bit.

  Oliver Perez is going to kill the Mets bullpen because he will just be a dead body in the pen. Unless the Mets use him for long relief, when they have a 4+ run lead, or maybe in extra innings, Ollie will be worthless. The Mets already have a LOOGY in Feliciano and having two of them just kills the team. Oliver is going to have to at least go a full inning to help this club.

  The only problem is Oliver has no command even when he starts a game, so how can you expect him to warm up and be effective out of the pen?
• Sach C. May 4, 2009 at 11:08 pm

  He should be in the minors, but Boras won’t allow it. Just DL him instead of having him waste a bullpen spot.
• russell Zanca May 4, 2009 at 11:30 pm

  This move is so stupid that it reads like a joke.

  What a friggin’ waste!
• marty May 5, 2009 at 12:35 am

  WE as Mets fans are totally spoiled. I live in Kansas and I am a displaced fan of these New York Metropolitans. The Royals have certainly had their share of heartache AND headline grabbing robberies i.e. Beltran, Dye, Damon etc. Our team consistently over the years has been top five (two recently?????) at least the most in the N.L. I think the blocks are set, we just need to bring up some of those guys we have been pampering and MAKE them sink or swim just like in any other JOB. Daniel Murphy gets it and I think it would be Kazmir part II to get rid of him. Do you think the Padres would have been better off without Tony Gwynn???? That’s who he reminds me of and his heart is good, We need a little CONFIDENT SWAGGER that’s what makes a CHAMPION. Cheer for David Wright please, remind him that he AND Reyes are our adopted Citi kids that could have 40 triples together in their park right? ANYWAY LET’S GO METS LET’S GO METS LET’S GO METS. Thank you for your time.
• marty May 5, 2009 at 12:37 am

  please cheer for ollie twist too
• Rob K. May 5, 2009 at 5:30 am

  This will come back and bite us in the ass!
• Outrider May 5, 2009 at 6:45 am

  This move is so typical of Met leadership.

  While I think the Wilpons truly try to do the right thing, they are simply not equipped to manage a baseball franchise. We can blame Omar and Manuel all we want, but leadership starts at the top. If the fanbase can acknowledge that too many bad decisions have been made in terms of personnel and onfield choices, why can’t Fred and Jeff? As seen in Boston, ownership can truly influence organizational culture, philosophy and, most importantly, results.

  Perhaps the Madoff mess will push the Wilpons to explore the sale of the team. A change is needed as history will continue to repeat itself.
• Rich May 5, 2009 at 11:08 am

  The Mets were built to be a third place team.This Ollie situation is a joke,nobody in the organization can make a decision.Bring back Peterson to work with ollie,Warthen does not have a clue. During the offseason there was an opportunity to change the character of this team and to add players to the pitching and offense. Of course Minaya was focused on pitching(supposedly). By low-balling Lowe and not looking for offense(Manny) was an indication that this management was not looking at the whole picture. Next year we will be looking for a first baseman (Delgado’s contract is over),outfielder, and pitching. The addition of texeira and Manny would hve solved some of these issues,but typical Mets,did not pursue either one. The last couple of years we could not beat antbody in Sept.(marlins,nationals,etc) and we have done nothing to help the situation. I hope I am wrong!! Let’s Go METS!!!
• Brian Kasiska May 5, 2009 at 11:04 pm

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