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Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Benjamin Grimm May 15 2010 06:16 AM

Mets appear ready to yank Oliver Perez from starting rotation By Brian Costa/The Star-Ledger May 15, 2010, 8:00AM MIAMI -- Jerry Manuel wasn’t ready to say anything definitive, not so soon after Friday’s loss. But it seems all but certain that Oliver Perez will be bumped from the Mets’ rotation after his latest debacle of an outing. “I’ll have to sit down with the people involved and make a decision,” Manuel said. “I won’t do anything until I talk to the player and discuss it.” That will probably happen Saturday. The only questions remaining are what the Mets will do with Perez and who will replace him in the rotation. In all likelihood, they’ll move Perez to the bullpen, since they can’t send him to the minors without his consent. Perez said after Friday’s game that he is fully healthy and not in any kind of pain, so a trip to the disabled list seems unlikely. But then, arm or shoulder “weakness” has a funny way of cropping up when a pitcher is getting clobbered the way Perez is. Hisanori Takahashi (2.74 ERA in 14 appearances) is the presumptive favorite to replace Perez in the rotation. The lefty was a starter in Japan, he was a candidate for the fifth spot in the rotation this spring and he has pitched well over multiple innings this season. Takahashi has shown good command, with only 10 walks, three of which were intentional. And he has a deep enough arsenal of pitches to be effective as a starter. The only argument against Takahashi is the valuable role he has played in the bullpen, which would be weakened considerably by removing him and inserting Perez. But that should be a secondary concern to the state of the rotation. Three pitchers at Triple-A Buffalo -- R.A. Dickey, Pat Misch and Dillon Gee -- could warrant some consideration. Dickey has the best numbers of the three (4-2, 2.23 ERA, 1.04 WHIP). But Takahashi seems like the obvious choice.

Rockin' Doc May 15 2010 06:34 AM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

I'm all for removing Prez from the rotation. Moving him to the bullpen really doesn't seem like a good idea to me. He really should be shipped out to Buffalo where he can't hurt the Mets anymore and hopefully he can regain some form so he can be useful to the Mets in the future. Unfortunately, Perez would need to agree to a demotion for such a move to take place. If he truly wants to try to help both himself and his team, he should agree to a stint with the Bisons. He needs to improve his arm strength and improve his control if he is to become a contributor to the Mets going forward. He needs to work on those things somewhere other than in New York.

metirish May 15 2010 06:40 AM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

I can't think of a worse candidate for the bullpen...Buffalo for you Ollie.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 15 2010 06:43 AM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

If someone sees fit to claim him when they DFA him, hell, go right ahead and have some, hypothetical stranger. No, we're not finishing that. Shuffle off, son. And tell Misch to get his butt up here-- he's got big, Japanese shoes to fill.

Frayed Knot May 15 2010 06:47 AM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

"In all likelihood, they’ll move Perez to the bullpen, since they can’t send him to the minors without his consent." Finally someone (presumably with knowledge on the subject) says something about this. I've been hearing over and over again that they should use the minor league option without it ever being discussed whether such an option was even in their control.

Ashie62 May 15 2010 07:26 AM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Ya gotta keep Takahashi in the Pen. Ron Darling's take was to keep Mr. T in the pen. Give Dillon Gee a full year in the minors and go with Pat Misch and consider Dickey. The thought on Dickey is that as a knuckleballer he could be an innings eater.

Edgy DC May 15 2010 07:49 AM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

If you have a 12-man staff, and you can't afford to switch your mopup man with an ineffective starter, you're not running things right.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 15 2010 08:17 AM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

And if he's one of the five or six best you've got, and he can start, then by all means let him start. If I thought Frankie were capable of being and willing to be an effective starter, I'd argue for slotting him in there, too (especially over the very limited way in which he's being used now).

Swan Swan H May 15 2010 10:18 AM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Unless he's spreading the Miracle-Gro on Piggie's tomatoes Perez has no use in the bullpen. If he doesn't give permission to go down, DFA his sorry ass (or is that D his sorry ass FA?) and release him. Everybody makes mistakes. Admitting them, cutting your losses and moving on is a good way to deal with mistakes, even a whopper like this one.

Benjamin Grimm May 15 2010 10:42 AM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

What happens if Perez refuses demotion? Does he just stay on the big league roster? Or does he become a free agent? Buffalo is clearly the place for him. As said above, there's really no role for him in the pen. I understand that the Mets would be reluctant to release him with so much money still owed, but I don't think he'll be able to get his act together as a mop-up guy. It would be in Perez's own best interest to join the Buffalo rotation and, possibly, work his way back to the big leagues.

smg58 May 15 2010 10:44 AM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

I guess Plan A is to send him down and see if he can work through this, if he's willing. Obviously nobody would claim him -- that would mean taking on his contract. He has the right to refuse a demotion, though, and if it came to that we might as well give him a shot as a LOOGY. Lefties are hitting .182 against him this year and only hit .200 against him last year, so why not? The alternative would be releasing him and guaranteeing zero return for the rest of our investment in him, which we could still do in a few weeks if the pen and Ollie don't mix. As for the rotation spot, I don't think we have a better alternative than Takahasi. Our pen is actually very deep -- keep in mind that Igarashi will be back soon and Parnell and Calero are still in AAA -- so it's not like he's irreplaceable in his current role.

MFS62 May 15 2010 11:29 AM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

The fact that they are saying they can't send him down without his consent means to me that he had an option left, but also has enough major league time so he'd have to agree to it. There's no DFA involved. Also, if they must DFA him (because he refused to shuffle) and someone claims him, they only have to pay him the pro-rated portion of the major league minimum salary and the Mets would have to pay the rest. (About $20-21 million remaining on his contract through 2011.) As an alternative way to help him, IIRC there used to be this wild lefthander with great stuff who came up with Brooklyn. How about Wilpon asking Sandy Koufax to join the team as a personal pitching guru for Perez? They did it this spring, although they said they did it for him to work with many pitchers, not specifically Perez. As they used to say in Brooklyn, "it couldn't hoit". Later

OlerudOwned May 15 2010 12:29 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Wasn't Trachsel hanging around the clubhouse with the team before one of the games last week? Maybe he can convince Ollie to accept a minor league assignment.

MFS62 May 15 2010 12:33 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

OlerudOwned wrote: Wasn't Trachsel hanging around the clubhouse with the team before one of the games last week? Maybe he can convince Ollie to accept a minor league assignment. Great idea. He could tell Ollie how much it helped him. (And it certainly did.) Later

Ashie62 May 15 2010 01:06 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

It was suggested by Darling that Ollie could benefit by reinventing himself in the minors with young pitching coach Ricky Bones

metirish May 15 2010 02:57 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Ollie to the bullpen is official.....when asked to comment he said that Takahashi is pitching betteer than him......Mets have not named anyone to replace him. Via Lennon on twitter

metirish May 15 2010 03:22 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Via Lennon, Ollie will not accept demotion to the minors if asked, Mets have not asked.

Swan Swan H May 15 2010 03:56 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Cut him. Release him. Tell Chris Carter that he can start if Perez 'disappears.' Get him the fuck out of our sight. Perez, quoting MetsBlog, "has no interest in going to Triple-A to work out his problems." Fuck you, you waste of protoplasm. The Mets are giving you 12 million dollars a year. If they tell you to change the fucking flags around the roof of the stadium you should fucking do it, because you have proven beyond any doubt that being a major league pitcher is outside of your scope of ability. I know that, contractually, he doesn't have to go to the minors. Baseball contracts are so one-sided that a player can do anything up to and including taking a shit on a fan's head and still get paid, but every once in a while it would be heartening to see a guy do what is right for the team. Rickey Henderson, a lock Hall of Famer, went to the minor leagues to prove he could still play. This jerkoff "has no interest" in doing it? Fuck him. Stuff him in a trunk and float him out to sea. Give him the spot after Buscemi in the wood chipper. With this one act of selfishness and zero self-awareness Oliver Perez has sprinted past Tom Herr and Tony Fernandez as my most hated Met ever. Go away, Oliver Perez. Take your money and never darken my mound again.

metirish May 15 2010 04:26 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

What Swanie said.

A Boy Named Seo May 15 2010 05:39 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Wood chippers? Jeez, lighten up, fellas.

Kong76 May 15 2010 05:40 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Tough crowd.

Edgy DC May 15 2010 06:03 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Yeah, come on.

Gwreck May 15 2010 06:05 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Omar and Jerry need to take him into an office and advise him that his options are: 1. Go to the minors, figure out how to pitch and one day earn your way back to the starting rotation here; or 2. Go hire a financial advisor to figure out how to save that remaining $20 million, because you're going to the bullpen, will pitch only in emergent circumstances and will see so little action that your career as a major league pitcher will effectively be over.

Chad Ochoseis May 15 2010 06:07 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

I'd like to think that Scott Boras is having that conversation with Ollie sometime soon, even if Omar and Jerry aren't.

Edgy DC May 15 2010 06:21 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

smg58 wrote: As for the rotation spot, I don't think we have a better alternative than Takahasi. Our pen is actually very deep -- keep in mind that Igarashi will be back soon and Parnell and Calero are still in AAA -- so it's not like he's irreplaceable in his current role. Nor is it true that his current role is such a crucial one. In fact, if Takahashi improves on Perez's performance, the demand on the bullpen (particularly on the back end, where Tak was serving) goes down. I certainly don't think it's true that a bullpen assignment necessarily means the effective end of his career.

Gwreck May 15 2010 06:24 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Edgy DC wrote: I certainly don't think it's true that a bullpen assignment necessarily means the effective end of his career. Nobody suggested that. My idea was that if Oliver ties the Mets' hands, they should respond by relegating him to the darkest corner of the bullpen and using him so infrequently that he becomes marginalized as a player.

Edgy DC May 15 2010 07:19 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

You're not suggesting that a bullpen assignment necessarily means the end of his career, but rather that it should be used to effect that? Is that the distinction?

Rockin' Doc May 15 2010 07:28 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Edgy -"I certainly don't think it's true that a bullpen assignment necessarily means the effective end of his career." I don't think his career is over by any means, but his effectiveness seems to have abandoned him long ago. At least for me, for a struggling player such as Perez to say he "has no interest in accepting a minor league assignment" is tantamount to saying "I am not willing to do whatever it takes to work out my problems in hopes of improving my performance". I'm sorry, but that is how I view such an attitude and it is unacceptable and selfish in my opinion.

Edgy DC May 15 2010 07:29 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Well, we're not really there at this time.

Benjamin Grimm May 15 2010 07:58 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Maybe they'll soon be having a similar conversation with John Maine?

Gwreck May 15 2010 08:06 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Edgy DC wrote: You're not suggesting that a bullpen assignment necessarily means the end of his career, but rather that it should be used to effect that? Is that the distinction? I think the distinction is that the bullpen assignment, and the way he is used in said assignment could mean the effective end of his career.

Swan Swan H May 15 2010 09:58 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Why would you want this guy in the bullpen? Why would you want him on your team? He is being asked to help the team by going to the minors to work on his game, and he is telling the Mets to fuck off. Should he go to the minors he will continue to make $32,876 a day while he's down there, and maybe have time to figure out why he has become one of the worst starting pitchers in baseball. But no, he has no interest in doing so. I understand that removing Perez and his Japanese horror movie start from every fifth day should save the bullpen some work, but this is a pen that is being fried as it is. Having an empty uniform taking up a roster spot is ludicrous. Carrying 13 pitchers would be even worse, and if you're not going to use him that's probably what is going to happen Performance is one thing, but this is different. If he sucked and worked hard, and made every effort to get back on track, I would have no hate for the guy. Maybe he wouldn't be earning the money with performance, but at least he'd be trying. He is doing exactly the opposite - he is saying that he knows he sucks, but there isn't anything the Mets can do about it. The Mets have to pay him no matter what. Why would you want to be reminded of the huge blunder you made every day? Release this bum, rip off the scab, and let the healing begin.

Nymr83 May 15 2010 10:20 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Why would you want this guy in the bullpen? Why would you want him on your team? I don't want him in the pen, but I don't want him thinking that refusing an assignment to try and work out his problems will get him either a) a release with all the money owed to him for doing nothing or b) a continued meaningful role on the mets. bury him in the back of the pen, so deep that only in extra innings with everyone else gone would we use him. when he doesnt play for 3 weeks, see how he feels about Buffalo. I wonder how big he and his agent think his next contract will be if he barely pitches again for the Mets? oh and is there anything in his contract (or the CBA) against running suicides? make him run lots of suicides.

A Boy Named Seo May 15 2010 11:11 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Swan Swan H wrote: Why would you want this guy in the bullpen? Why would you want him on your team? He is being asked to help the team by going to the minors to work on his game, and he is telling the Mets to fuck off. Should he go to the minors he will continue to make $32,876 a day while he's down there, and maybe have time to figure out why he has become one of the worst starting pitchers in baseball. But no, he has no interest in doing so. I understand that removing Perez and his Japanese horror movie start from every fifth day should save the bullpen some work, but this is a pen that is being fried as it is. Having an empty uniform taking up a roster spot is ludicrous. Carrying 13 pitchers would be even worse, and if you're not going to use him that's probably what is going to happen Performance is one thing, but this is different. If he sucked and worked hard, and made every effort to get back on track, I would have no hate for the guy. Maybe he wouldn't be earning the money with performance, but at least he'd be trying. He is doing exactly the opposite - he is saying that he knows he sucks, but there isn't anything the Mets can do about it. The Mets have to pay him no matter what. Why would you want to be reminded of the huge blunder you made every day? Release this bum, rip off the scab, and let the healing begin. Could be wrong, but didn't I read the Mets haven't even asked him to go down? If that's the case, why be all over his ass for it not doing what he hasn't been asked to do?

Swan Swan H May 16 2010 04:42 AM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

From Newsday: As for Perez, he has no intention of joining the Buffalo staff to work out his problems. With no minor-league options remaining, he would have to approve a demotion, and he didn't hesitate to answer when asked about that Saturday. "No," Perez said. "I have to do it here. I don't want to go there because I'll find out what I have to do here."

Edgy DC May 16 2010 05:41 AM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Which doesn't mean the Mets have asked him yet. What's with all the vindictiveness in this thread? He didn't kill a cat.

Rockin' Doc May 16 2010 06:24 AM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

From what is in the media, it appears that the Mets have not asked Perez to accept a mionor league assignment, however according to the Newsday quote cited by 2SwanH, Perez has already made his intentions known. He has apparently issued a preemptive no and stated that he thinks he needs to work out his problems in New York with the Mets. To me, and apparently some others in the CPF, his response shows an unwillingness to do whatever is aked of him in an attempt to work out his problems so he can hopefully become a helpful contributor, rather than a liability to the team.

Swan Swan H May 16 2010 06:44 AM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Edgy DC wrote: Which doesn't mean the Mets have asked him yet. What's with all the vindictiveness in this thread? He didn't kill a cat. Oh yeah? Prove he didn't. Back to reality, you are correct, it doesn't mean they have asked. Why ask when the question has already been answered? Why so vindictive? Perez is holding the Mets hostage. He is forcing a team that is fighting a losing battle to stay in the playoff race, in no small part because of his hideous performance, to effectively play a man short. He keeps a guy who could help the Mets wearing a Bisons jersey. He forces Nieve, Mejia and Feliciano to pitch the innings that Takahasi would have; alternately, he forces a bench guy off the team so the bullpen can be loaded with 8 players, since one is a walking corpse. Does he think that he's going to the pen to be the eighth inning guy? He's going to Siberia. Does he think he's going to work on his troubles in game situations? Blowout games, if that, and maybe not even that. Does he think he's better or different or somehow more privileged than the hundreds of players who had established major league careers of some regard, had difficulty of one kind or another, and went to the minor leagues to right their personal ship? Apparently he does. There is no dishonor in playing the game and failing. When you are in the position where you can help your team by accepting a role other than what you want your role to be, and you say you "have no interest" in doing so, that is dishonorable. The Mets made Oliver Perez a very rich man when no other team would. He is repaying them by spitting in their face. Some may delight in Omar getting his comeuppance here. He made the bad signing, and now he is wearing it like an albatross. Fine, I don't disagree that giving this guy all that money has created a monster. It was a marginal call when he made it, and it has blown up in his face. I care more about the way this will affect the roster, and the team, and the slim chance that they will remain competitive for the rest of this season. Manuel didn't sign Perez, but he's stuck with him, and the way he burns his relievers one of them may spontaneously combust if he's down to Frankie +5 instead of +6.

Swan Swan H May 16 2010 07:20 AM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

From Metsblog: According to Adam Rubin of ESPN New York, Omar Minaya says he and Oliver Perez discussed a minor league assignment, but Perez said he had no interest in doing so, therefore he will go to the bullpen and attempt to work his problems out there.

metirish May 16 2010 07:43 AM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

I've been a huge supporter of Ollie...we have a shared heritage after all......I don't really see a scenario where he trots in from the bullpen except in garbage time.....so maybe he is left to rot out there which doesn't' help him at all.

Ashie62 May 16 2010 08:18 AM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

metirish wrote: I've been a huge supporter of Ollie...we have a shared heritage after all......I don't really see a scenario where he trots in from the bullpen except in garbage time.....so maybe he is left to rot out there which doesn't' help him at all. Everytime Ollie takes the hill my shared latino pride swells along with his E.R.A.

metirish May 16 2010 08:36 AM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Ashie62 wrote: metirish wrote: I've been a huge supporter of Ollie...we have a shared heritage after all......I don't really see a scenario where he trots in from the bullpen except in garbage time.....so maybe he is left to rot out there which doesn't' help him at all. Everytime Ollie takes the hill my shared latino pride swells along with his E.R.A. LOL...

batmagadanleadoff May 16 2010 09:18 AM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

I'm with Swannie. In this era of pitch counts and the vanishing complete game, no team can afford to carry a pitcher who'd be limited to garbage time appearances. And even if this were not true (which it is) Perez should do whatever the team asks. Personally, I don't see the debate here. Ollie's being a selfish fuck, compromising his team's ability to contend for the sake of his own ego. metirish wrote: I've been a huge supporter of Ollie...we have a shared heritage after all...... Ollie's Irish?

Ashie62 May 16 2010 09:34 AM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

I am and can vouch for Ollie's Irish American heritage

metirish May 16 2010 10:06 AM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

I'm sure he marched in the parade one year , he may have gotten the flags mixed up but still.

Swan Swan H May 16 2010 12:12 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

metirish wrote: I'm sure he marched in the parade one year , he may have gotten the flags mixed up but still. If he marched on St. Patrick's Day, if nothing else it proves he's not gay.

MFS62 May 16 2010 12:14 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Swan Swan H wrote: If he marched on St. Patrick's Day, if nothing else it proves he's not gay. I'm guessing that won't be the last thing folks say about him as long as he's with the Mets. Later

Ashie62 May 16 2010 12:20 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Swan Swan H wrote: metirish wrote: I'm sure he marched in the parade one year , he may have gotten the flags mixed up but still. If he marched on St. Patrick's Day, if nothing else it proves he's not gay. not that there's anything wrong with it

seawolf17 May 16 2010 12:55 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

metirish wrote: I've been a huge supporter of Ollie...we have a shared heritage after all......I don't really see a scenario where he trots in from the bullpen except in garbage time.....so maybe he is left to rot out there which doesn't' help him at all. No, Irish. It's O. Perez, not O'Perez.

Kong76 May 16 2010 01:28 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Don't look now, but the Mets have the tying run at the plate in Jose Reyes with no outs in the 7th down 7-3.

Kong76 May 16 2010 01:29 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Which to me is why the "lead off" hitter mayhem is bullshit. It generally only happens once a game.

Kong76 May 16 2010 01:31 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Matthews, Reyes, Cora and it's 7-6.

Kong76 May 16 2010 01:34 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Posting in the wrong thread, can't move it 'cause it's too funny.

Swan Swan H May 16 2010 01:39 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

It's like a parallel universe.

Benjamin Grimm May 16 2010 02:21 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

What the CPF was saying when the Mets re-signed Perez

MFS62 May 16 2010 03:15 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Benjamin Grimm wrote: What the CPF was saying when the Mets re-signed Perez Looking back at that thread, I guess we're now glad there was no 4th year. Later

Frayed Knot May 16 2010 03:53 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Sometimes these situation of players agreeing to go to the minors even though they can refuse is a matter of negotiation. The player saying right of the top that he's not going isn't surprising as that's what they all say at first. But maybe a confab with manager, GM, and agent, along with an explanation about how his recent pitching has left them without a defined role for him right now, and how it's the only way to get regular pitching in, and quite probably a promised time limit on when he'd be back convinces him to do otherwise. And if not he might find getting back to the rotation his way even harder than the Buffalo route ... unless Niese's leg is disconnected again in which case he may not even miss a start.

MFS62 May 16 2010 04:32 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Frayed Knot wrote: ... unless Niese's leg is disconnected again in which case he may not even miss a start. I wonder how much Ollie (or his agent) paid the Miami groundskeepers. Later

G-Fafif May 16 2010 05:28 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

metirish wrote: I'm sure he marched in the parade one year , he may have gotten the flags mixed up but still. Doesn't seem like he or his teammates will be marching in a ticker-tape parade any time soon.

Nymr83 May 16 2010 05:36 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

MFS62 wrote: unless Niese's leg is disconnected again in which case he may not even miss a start. the mets can DL Niese and call up Gee/Dickey/Misch to make perez's next start and then let takahashi make niese's start after which they can use the offday monday to skip a starter for a few more days and see where they are

Edgy DC May 16 2010 06:12 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

I'd be nice to the guy if I were youse.

Benjamin Grimm May 16 2010 06:23 PM Re: Mets appear ready to yank Perez from starting rotation

Adam Rubin wrote: One thing is certain, though: Faced with the prospect of losing Niese from the rotation, Manuel does not intend to give Perez another chance by letting him take what would have been his regular turn in Washington. "I don't see us going in that direction once we have decided to put a guy in the bullpen," Manuel said. "No, I don't see that being an option right now."