Perez pitched in two extended spring training games in Port St. Lucie earlier this month, including...

Perez pitched in two extended spring training games in Port St. Lucie earlier this month, including a five-inning outing last week that apparently was so shaky the Mets refused to release the statistics from it.

Bart Hubbuch discusses Oliver Perez's rehab

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I might have to go to Buffalo to see this

Unfortunately, there is a 70% chance of rain in the Buffalo area tomorrow night so maybe I won’t make the drive.

"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on May 25, 2009 11:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The regime is controlling information.

as if he has any trade value.

King of the bling come to lay down the evidence//Not George Bush, L-Millz be da president

by Sam Page on May 25, 2009 11:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Unbelievable.

Honestly, there’s nothing wrong with him. HE JUST SUCKS. Oh my lord, did NO ONE in the organization see it coming? Because 85% of the fans on THIS BLOG saw it coming!!! We aren’t paid to do this! As a sidenote to our already busy and hectic lives, we stopped in and saw, oh yeah, signing Oliver Perez to a $36 million contract was an AWFUL move. Really. I mean, really. Sure, I don’t think that many people thought it would be to this degree…but EVERYONE knew signing Derek Lowe at a higher price was HIGHLY preferable to signing Perez. INCLUDING OTHER GMS! Did Omar not see NO ONE ELSE WAS MAKING ANY OFFERS TO PEREZ? gah.

/end rant.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on May 26, 2009 12:07 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

honestly? nobody saw this coming.

What happened to Ollie this spring is not just a matter of degree. I don’t think almost any of us saw this coming — I know I certainly didn’t. We didn’t support re-signing him — because we didn’t think Ollie was worth the money (and the loss of a draft pick) when there were better choices and cheaper choices out there. But we certainly didn’t anticipate that he’d implode like he has over the first month of the season. I thought he’d be serviceable, spotty, unpredictable, flaky, and basically okay but not worth the money or the years, but no way did I think he’d be out of the rotation.

by anonymous on May 26, 2009 1:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

That’s right. I think we all thought he’d settle in and perform about as well as he did in ’08.

But it’s not as if this hasn’t happened before (2005-2006).

by jasondg on May 26, 2009 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

Everyone talks about Ollie’s Koufax like potential. But what about his potential to completely implode all together?

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on May 26, 2009 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

exactly

this is what I’ve been saying. 2006-2008 Oliver Perez wasn’t a terrible pitcher, he just wasn’t worth the money we gave him, which is why we all had a problem with it. 2009 Oliver Perez isn’t even worth the league minimum – I don’t think anyone anticipated that.

by cjmulrain on May 26, 2009 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought he would be due for a dropoff

and like i said above, I didn’t anticipate THIS much of a dropoff.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on May 26, 2009 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah I didn't expect this much of a drop off

But at the same time the guy is a head case who’s stuff has been steadily declining, this much of a drop off couldn’t have been expected but it’s not surprising that we aren’t even getting the production we thought we were overpaying for.

by Gina on May 26, 2009 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs