Mariners Sign Oliver Perez Invoking Seven Years Of Bad Luck

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• Jazz January 18, 2012 at 7:12 pm

  HAHAHAHA! now the mariners are going to feel the pain should they put him on the MLB level team. He’s going to be a problem for them lol
• JetsMets13 January 18, 2012 at 7:14 pm

  Poor saps!!! First they lose Pineda, now this!
• Metfan Lou January 18, 2012 at 7:15 pm

  Didn’t Aaron Heilman pitch for the Mariners? This is all we need to know.
• Metscentric January 18, 2012 at 7:31 pm

  Does trading Michael Pineda for a DH-type and then signing Oliver Perez still classify as rebuilding???? There must be something in their water supply.
• Mr North Jersey January 18, 2012 at 7:38 pm

  Well I think that is about as far west as Ollie can go. Any further and he will be hearing renditions of “Ollie P” in Japanese.
  • Heybatter January 18, 2012 at 8:28 pm

    Longitude speaking San Francisco is slightly west of Seattle…..next stop the rice-roni cable car!
• Mike Lloyd January 18, 2012 at 8:46 pm

  Watch this bum come back and be solid swingman or worse, actually become a starter and win 10 or 12 games.
• Mr North Jersey January 18, 2012 at 8:41 pm

  Off Topic: Watching Dominican Winter League game between the Gigantes del Cibao & Aguilas Cibaenas. Saw the Cuban Cespedas hit a HR in the 6th off former Met Rhiner Cruz and I will say this for Cespedes, he has the HR stance down. He upper cut the heck out of a ball and stood at home as he watched it go over the fence b4 running the bases.
  • Mike Lloyd January 18, 2012 at 8:51 pm

    Its a shame MNJ, we can’t even think of signing guys like Cespedes…
    • Mr North Jersey January 18, 2012 at 8:56 pm

      Yea, I hear you. I am just waiting to see if Familia makes an appearance 2nite. I believe he is on the Gigantes team.
    • Mr North Jersey January 18, 2012 at 8:57 pm

      BTW I believe new Met Andres Torres is playing in the P.R. Winter league for Mayaguez.
      • Mike Lloyd January 19, 2012 at 4:54 am

        I just can’t get all worked up over Torres. Journeyman/stopgap, actually i’m praying Captain Kirk shows himself healthy, and Torres can’t hold him off this spring. Maybe they’ll do like Ike and force him down for 2 weeks before bringing him back to NYC. But i’d like to have something come out of ST to be positive that some of these youg guys will start arriving in waves, a healthy Kirk and healthy Reese a bit later..Late May or early June would be nice.
• Joey D. January 18, 2012 at 8:58 pm

  I hope one of the reasons Seattle traded Pineda was not that they were counting on Ollie to fill his spot in the rotation.

  Guess they figure all they lose is the cost of a minor league contract so it’s no real gamble on their part. But why even waste their time on him, especially since pitching is Seattle’s strong point. Did a scout see him pitching somewhere and thought he spotted something?

  Maybe it’s nothing more than the same thing the Phillies did with Louis Castillo last spring – doesn’t hurt to take a look except for those standing about ten feet away from home plate when Ollie is on the mound – those people would be putting their life in their hands.
• Rocco F. January 18, 2012 at 9:14 pm

  Ollie Perez Sucks
  • Jazz January 18, 2012 at 11:01 pm

    +1
• Metfan Lou January 18, 2012 at 9:43 pm

  You know after analyzing this move in a convoluted way, this move may make sense for the Mariners. Most of the folks on the west coast are loonies, and head cases. Ollie will fit right in. I rest my case.
• srt January 18, 2012 at 9:43 pm

  Can’t believe he’s just 30. I guess this is a classic case of hoping to catch lightening in a bottle.

  I’ve wondered if the Pirates did Ollie a diservice by bringing him up too early at 20 or if he really was never a pitcher but rather a ‘thrower, without much control. I’ll never forget a Met start for him one afternoon against the Brewers (I believe) where he walked 8 in like 6 innings but only gave up 2 hits. LOL, talk about lack of control…
  • Joey D. January 18, 2012 at 10:47 pm

    SRT,

    Probably the best assessment of the whole Oliver Perez situation. I might add that the Mets probably did no better treating him with kid gloves due to a perceived confidence and self-esteem problem (i.e., taking him out of the game too soon so he wouldn’t have to emotionally deal with messing up an otherwise good pitching performance).

    When with the Mets, Ollie did have a delicate psychological/physical disorder (the two go hand in hand) and it was apparent that his emotional difficulties, left unresolved, would in itself cause him not to be major league material in lieu of a lack of physical talent. It would have been in his best interest to work on those problems either in the form of a leave of absence or going down to the minors league. Instead, because of his problem he was taken advantage of by his agent (who was only looking out for himself) who talked him out of accepting that minor league assignment which instead led to a situation that caused enduring humiliation which he has had to live with since the middle of 2010 and who knows how much set him back.

    It doesn’t matter that he was paid millions for doing nothing. It only proves that money is no substitute for good emotional health and is indeed worthless when one is so unhappy and insecure in life. In that sense, one could only feel pity for him and getting pity is about as low as one could sink.

    A similar sad situation was faced by Boyer, the young relief pitcher signed by Sandy last winter who fortunately had enough understanding within himself and support from others to recognize he had a problem that had to be faced and realized the highly competitive pressure of professional sports was out of the question at least for the time being. He is working on getting himself better and deserves no pity but admiration for trying to overcome his difficulties. And it’s also fortunate he did not have a Steve Boras as his agent.
  • Bayonne Mets Fan January 18, 2012 at 11:00 pm

    Actually the start I’ll never forget is the one he did in game 7 vs. St. Louis. Even though we lost that game he kept the team in the game. And don’t forget he won game 4 vs. St. Louis in the NLCS too so early on he get the rep of being able to beat big teams in big games.

    Unfortunately it all went downhill soon thereafter but count me as one of the people that thought he had a chance to turn into something. And I noticed how srt gave an “LOL” after telling us the start she remembered the most – which was one of his real bad ones. Too bad she thinks that’s funny because even though Ollie came across as ungrateful bum by not going to ST towards the end – it was the team that lost out as a whole – but she thinks that’s funny. And I think I know why.
    • NJstuckinTX January 18, 2012 at 11:05 pm

      Is your wife named Confrontation, or is that just your lovie pet name for her?
    • NJstuckinTX January 18, 2012 at 11:08 pm

      8 walks in 6 innings while only giving up 2 hits is funny. maybe not LOL, but I can see ha ha or maybe he he.

      Please embrace a docterine of pacificty. Or, to use smaller words, stop being you.
    • srt January 19, 2012 at 12:11 am

      Hey, that wasn’t exactly one of his bad ones. I think they won that game, right? The point of mentioning that particular start was it epitomizes what OP’s career as a Met translated to.
      • Kay January 19, 2012 at 7:52 am

        SRT – those of us that watch and know the game understand what you meant, no need to explain. Some people have such sorry lives they just go out of their way to pick pick pick, pity.

        I’m in the process of reading Keith Hernandez’s book about 2008 and he goes through the season game by game with his assessment and the early part of that year he really had a lot of good to say about him, but unfortunately for us fans and himself, the wheels came off and never got close to going back on.

        Anyone else read that book?
    • srt January 19, 2012 at 12:14 am

      And please…I keep telling you to stop reading between the lines.

      Let’s also remember Olllie was one Endy-less catch away from blowing that game before Heilman did.
      • Joey D. January 19, 2012 at 12:30 am

        …. but also remember that if it wasn’t for Ollie, Endy would never have made that sensational catch. It’s like the reliever (forgot his name) who was brought in only to face Vic Wertz when Willie made “the” catch. When the next reliever came to the mound, he handed him the ball and said “well, I did my job”.
      • Gina January 19, 2012 at 1:02 am

        Why does he always refer to you in his posts? Seems like you have your own personal stalker.
• Hank January 18, 2012 at 11:22 pm

  Minor League Contracts for “veterans” is like taking a first round pick, sometimes you get real real lucky and most times you don’t.
• 86mets January 19, 2012 at 7:34 am

  Heilman, then Perez, next they’ll be signing Luis Castillo to back up Chone Figgins! LOL Poor Mariners!
• Allyoop January 19, 2012 at 9:54 am

  I think this “Albatross” is just so much road kill. Might make it as their new BP chunker though.