Tag: Oliver Perez

On Deck: July 6- Mets At Phillies (Game 3)

New York Mets (43-44 Road: 21-26) at Philadelphia Phillies (48-40 Home: 23-19) 1:35pm

Oliver Perez (6-5 4.98) vs. Kyle Kendrick (8-3 4.58)

TV: CW11 Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Mets cut the Phillies lead down to 4.5 games last night and have a chance to do some more damage this afternoon. Perez is coming off his best start of the season against the Yankees but hasn’t pitched in seven days so the Mets could separate he and Johan Santana. We’ll see how that affects his game. Kendrick is 6-1 in his last ten starts so he’s been pitching really well for the Phillies.

Mets Alter Starting Rotation

The Mets announced yesterday that Oliver Perez will go seven days between starts this week to put a right hander between he and Johan Santana. Pitching coach Dan Warthen wants to split up the lefties. We may see Perez get a couple of innings of relief in early in the Philadelphia series before his next start on Sunday.

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Ollie Sensational As Mets Top Yanks 3-1

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Oliver Perez was unstoppable today throwing seven innings and only giving up one solo homer to Wilson Betemit in the seventh. Perez only gave up three hits and no walks with eight strikeouts. His fastball was in the mid- 90’s and was consistently throwing strikes. Consistent is rarely used to describe Perez.

Perez made some changes both mechanical and strategic. He moved to the middle of the rubber, added some rock back to his motion, and threw a much higher percentage of fastballs.

Luis Castillo and Endy Chavez had three hits apiece in the game. Ryan Church went 2 for 4 in his return from the disabled list.

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On Deck: June 29- Yankees At Mets

New York Yankees (44-37 Road: 22-19) at New York Mets (39-41 Home: 21-18)  1:10pm

Darrell Rasner (4-5 4.50) vs. Oliver Perez (5-5 5.29)

TV: CW11   Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Mets are forced into a position of counting on Oliver Perez to avoid a home sweep by the Yankees before leaving for St. Louis tonight. The Mets have had almost no offense in the last two games but do get Ryan Church back today. The word is that he’ll probably hit sixth today behind Carlos Delgado.

Two Weeks For Mets To Make A Move

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The Mets have been an inconsistent, troubled team for much of the 2008 season. The next two weeks give the Mets an opportunity to show what the rest of their season will look like. There are series against the Cardinals and Phillies on the road, and the Giants and Rockies at home. It seems like they’ve been playing the Rockies way too much already…

The Cardinals are currently in the National League lead for the wild card and the Phillies lead the NL East. That’s an opportunity and a challenge.

The Giants and Rockies give the Mets a chance to stomp on some weak West division teams that have been out of the race this season.

To do that the Mets need a lot more than they’ve gotten from Oliver Perez. His 5-5 record and 5.29 ERA just isn’t getting it done. He’s always been maddeningly inconsistent but it’s been taken to new heights this season.

The injuries to Ryan Church and Moises Alou have obliterated the Mets plans for their regular outfield. Alou is a walking injury so that wasn’t completely unexpected but Church was the team’s MVP for the first two months of the season.  Before going on the disabled list he was hitting .300/ .365/ /.522 with 10 homers and 35 RBI’s.

If the corner outfield positions can be solidified and Perez’ spot in the rotation becomes more consistent, the Mets will be a contender this season.

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Mariners Crush Mets 11-0

The big news of the night was that Carlos Beltran and Jerry Manuel were both ejected from the game in the fourth inning for arguing balls and strikes. But umpire Brian Runge is the one that really started it. Beltran said something under his breath about a strike call, and Runge basically got in his face. Manuel came out to defend Beltran and both were tossed.

As for the game itself, Oliver Perez was putrid allowing six runs (five earned) on seven hits (three home runs) and one walk. Apparently, new pitching coach Dan Warthen hasn’t been able to have an immediate positive impact on Perez. He looks the same as he has for most of this season… bad.

The only Mets hint of offense came from Brian Schneider and Fernando Tatis. They both went 3 for 4 in the game. The most difficult thing to believe about that is they were facing a knuckleballer, R.A. Dickey who’s been in and out of the minors.

It was probably the worst game of a disappointing season. Now the Mets have to try to avoid a sweep at home from the worst team in baseball tomorrow night. That’s ugly.

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Rick Peterson Speaks To XM Radio About Mets Firing

PORT SAINT LUCIE, FL - FEBRUARY 17: (L-R) Manager Willie Randolph and Pitching Coach Rick Peterson #51 of the New York Mets watch players work out during Spring Training at Tradition Field on February 17, 2008 in Port Saint Lucie, Florida.

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Former Mets pitching coach Rick Peterson spoke to XM radio yesterday about being fired by the Mets.  He said that Omar Minaya delivered the news of his firing with sympathy.  He said the he hopes that the Mets can get things turned around.  About the Mets he said:

I don’t have any animosity or vindictive or angry thoughts. I’m sad, you’re always sad when you leave a home that you felt very comfortable at.

Too much Zen and too little pitching from Peterson this year.  John Maine, Oliver Perez, and Aaron Heilman regressed this season and the Mets can’t have their young pitchers moving in the wrong direction.  If you’re a regular reader, you know that my opinion is that Peterson deserved to be fired for recommending the Scott Kazmir trade.  So if anything else that he did went South, he was probably on thin ice with the Mets front office.

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