In an article early this morning for The New York Post, Mike Puma, anonymously quotes some of the Mets about the Oliver Perez situation...and the reactions seem to be the same: dump him.
In what is an extremely telling article, Puma quotes one Mets player as saying, "“You tell him you go to Triple-A or that’s it, you are finished." Then Puma goes on to quote ANOTHER Mets player as saying, "At some point you have to cut bait...You owe him a lot of money, but for what?"
Later in the article Puma talks about when Manuel would use Perez, and he basically says only in extra innings. That's a problem. What's the point of keeping a guy on the team if he's basically a wasted roster spot? Puma has another quote from a Mets player, in response to Manuel's plan on when to use Perez: "What, we need another 20-inning game and then use him after we’ve used all our pitchers and if a position player’s sinker isn’t biting?” Yikes.
The Mets are at the point where you either have to do what the Tigers have done with Willis and just cut the guy free, or work damn hard to find a trade partner for Perez. It's becoming more and more clear than Ollie is not welcome by the fans, management, and now even his own teammates.
During yesterday's telecast I think Ron Darling said it best when he basically eluded to Ollie "not being a man". The frustration with Perez is high, and I think this will be the first move the Mets make, and I wouldn't be surprised if whatever they decide to do takes place when Niese is ready to return.
I want Cashstealo and GMJ gone, but I think Perez is now causing enough problems to justify being the first move...
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