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2009
Ollie To DL, Niese Recalled
An article by Former Writers
Beleaguered Mets starter Oliver Perez will have time to sort out his 9.97 ERA, as the Mets have officially put him on the 15 day disabled list retroactive to May 3rd.
An MRI revealed patellar tendinitis (medical translation: his kneecap hurts).
Top prospect Jon Niese will be recalled from AAA Buffalo, and will make the start Friday night against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Added to by Joe D.:
Mets GM Omar Minaya addressed reporters after the game and announced that pitcher Oliver Perez will be placed on the 15-day disabled list with patella tendinitis. According to Minaya, Perez underwent an MRI this morning and it revealed the injury.
On Tuesday, there was a report on SI.com that said the commissioner would be cracking down on teams suspected of using the DL for phantom injuries, and I wonder if that’s why they didn’t place Perez on the DL immediately?
On Wednesday afternoon, I had reported that there was some doubt as to whether Ken Takahashi would be starting on Friday as reported on Monday by Jerry Manuel, as it turns out that Takahashi will remain in the bullpen after all.
As Sach first reported, Oliver Perez will be replaced by lefthander Jonathan Niese, who will make his first start of the season on Friday against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Niese is 0-2 with a 6.55 ERA in five starts for Triple-A Buffalo this season, but had a solid start his last time out pitching six innings and allowing just one run.
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This should be interesting. In the good way.
At least Ollie wasn’t lieing about the knee. If he actually is hurting, we should cut him some slack and hope he comes back ready to go. Personally, I’m doubtful Niese can cut it more than once through the lineup even with the Pirates. I’d love him to prove me wrong. But it’s likely to be just one game as Redding pitched reasonably well in Buffalo tonight, setting him up to be the next pitcher through the revolving door.
Recalling Niese is an awful decision. This guy has an ERA of 6.55 in AAA, bringing him up to get rocked in the majors is going to completely destroy any confidence he may have left. A better option would have been to have Takahashi pitch Friday, and recall either Figueroa (2.57 ERA in AAA), Redding, who pitched really well tonight, or Brandon Knight (3.96 ERA w/ 29 Ks and 25 IP in AAA) to pitch next week. Terrible decision.
It’s not awful, however, I would’ve taken Figueroa.
No, its awful.
Knight & FIgueroa do not have any options left. Bottom line. They can’t afford to lose either one of them right now, so it’s Niese since it’s only 1 start.
The main concern is obviously not winning that game. It’s keeping quality starters in the organization considering everything that’s taking place right now.
Matt, I agree with you. Looks like we’re not going with our best foot forward. Niese went downhill fast last September and hasn’t shown any improvement this year. They probably were best just sticking with the Takahashi plan and see how that went. Given that Ollie will take a while to get back in any kind of form, we can expect to see Redding most likely by about next Wednesday.
I’m glad Ollie wasn’t lying about his knee but I’m still wondering why we didn’t hear about it sooner, before he started trying to make excuses for himself.
What makes you think he’s not lying now? Just because he is on the DL doesn’t mean that the injury is real, just means they now have an excuse to take him out for awhile and try to figure out why he can’t pitch anymore.
I’m glad Ollie will be on the DL and not in the bullpen. But why not Figueroa starting? Niese has been okay at best but Figueroa has shown he can give us a “quality” start.
I answered this above, but.. They would have to DFA Fig after that start. They can just send Niese back down.
Remember everyone, there are rules put into play to protect the players as well. You can only send a player up & down from the minors so many times before there are consequences.
If Oliver Perez indeed has a knee problem…that would certainly explain his lousy performances. But I would like to know just when this injury occurred. Maybe during the WBC? If so, did the boy enigma hide this injury from the Mets?
36 million dollars should entitle a team to secure a players total service loyalty….
The WBC should be off limits to MLB players until it is played after the season and better medical staffing should be available.
ha ha. I said a week ago that I belived Ollie and that he was injured when so many others said it was an exuse. I hope he gets well soon and comes back the old ollie.