Mar
9
2011

Enough Already with Oliver Perez

An article by Brandon Butler

The title says it all, enough already with Oliver Perez and lets end the madness!

Oliver Perez struggled tremendously during his start against the Astros. He gave up 3 runs, on 4 hits during his 3 innings of work. With his latest struggle against the Astros, Terry Collins and Sandy Alderson are now giving Ollie one final chance to redeem himself, by pitching out of the bullpen.

MetsBlog.com’s Matthew Cerrone reported earlier today that Ollie has been given one more chance in the bullpen after the meeting between Sandy Alderson, Dan Warthen, and Terry Collins. If he fails to produce coming out of the bullpen, then its going to be a very happy day for Mets fans, as they hear the 1 magic word they’ve been waiting for for two years. Released.

I am really getting sick of how the coaching staff is treating Oliver Perez. I think that he has shown the Mets and Terry Collins that he cannot remain consistently effective, and cannot keep runs from being put on the scoreboard. If the Mets are going to compete this year, they are going to need to get all the help they can get and it will be a team effort from all 25 players. Its plain and simple, he can’t help and the Mets are still unwilling to admit it yet.

Enough with all the compliments about how he continues to improve and do some good things. What good things? Can Oliver Perez help the Mets, or not? Has he show anything promising, or does he still stumble flat on his face more often than not? We’ll have to wait and see how it plays out Mets fans. This will be an interesting week.

About the Author: Brandon Butler

Brandon is currently a MMO Minor League Staff Writer. He is also the co-host of the Mets Madness Podcast on Talkshoe Radio. Brandon lives in Hornell, NY.

5 Comments + Add Comment

Metsie March 10, 2011 at 12:33 am

I have one question…

When he is done and gone who is the next guy on the Fan Hitlist?

Will we then get 3 blog posts a day about how and when Castillo gets sacked?

DO we go back to the Wilpons after that or do we get a head start on Beltran?

Why wait till the last minute why doesn’t someone post up a list of EVERY player that has to be fired before we will not have to listen to these little fan tantrums anymore?

How much more misery must be inflicted to satisfy everyone’ inner Defarge?
Pete March 10, 2011 at 8:31 am

I am mystified by the fact that Perez is still on this team. At this point I totally blame Alderson for allowing that cancer back into our clubhouse everyday. If they don’t cut him soon, I will not be spending any more money on the Mets. I will not be attending any games at Citi, or buying any Met merchandise UNTIL that sorry sack of shlt is given his walking papers. C’mon Sandy what the heII are you waiting for?
- Metsie March 10, 2011 at 10:25 am
  
  And if you don’t go guess what will be the result…
  
  You will be forced to watch a TEAM FULL of Perez’ because there won’t be any money to sign anyone you WOULD go see!
  
  Why is he still here?
  Because not enough people went to see the team play last year and with the money problems that caused they have to try to get as much for that 12 Million dollars as they possibly can!
  
  I don’t know how many games you went to last year but unless it was 12 Mil worth I don’t think they really care about you not showing up because who would notice one more empty seat in a stadium that is 80% empty!
  - metsaddict77 March 10, 2011 at 11:46 am
    
    that’s why they’re in this situation.,because of the money. if OP wasn’t getting paid so much he would have been cut long ago.it should be who helps the team win period.OP has nothing to offer the team at this point, so cut him.
Metstheory22 March 10, 2011 at 1:21 pm

At this point it’s not doing either the team or him any good by keeping him . The more he shovels the more he sinks. If he has any value, it would be to release him and let him start new with someone else. Start fresh, both Ollie and Castillo. Other teams probably know they will be released sometime during spring.

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Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Braves	25	18	.581	-
Nationals	23	21	.523	2.5
Phillies	21	23	.477	4.5
Mets	17	24	.415	7.0
Marlins	12	32	.273	13.5

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