http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/03/oliver-perez-era-is-winding-down.html Wed, 22 May 2013 07:16:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/03/oliver-perez-era-is-winding-down.html#comment-139296 Alan Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:46:32 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=45855#comment-139296 I am the first to say that Oliver has to go and not because his pitching sucks. When a player is making 12 million dollars and is not performing 12 dollars worth he should have taken the idea of going to the minors and run with it. A chance to “work on his game” without the pressure of NY waiting for him to fail would have been a great idea. Ollie’s decision instead showed his lack of immaturity and selfishness. He will be cut for sure before the team heads north and it has solved one problem for the future. A wasted roster space, and an overall reluctance to give big, long term contracts to pitchers who have not proved anything. I understand why Omar signed him for 12 million. It was a risk as his potential looked better for that money than the guys available as free agents for the same money. Some years will have better crops of free agents than others but when the choices are slim sometimes it is better to stick with what you already have. With Ollie….they guessed wrong and we wasted 36 million dollars. No sense in crying over spilled milk….Move on

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