Perez Placed On DL
Omar Minaya announced that Oliver Perez would be placed on the disabled list with “tendinitis in the knee”. (Ha), and that Jonathan Niese would take his place on the 25-man roster.
He also announced that Niese would start on Friday night against the Pittsburgh Pirates instead of Ken Takahashi. Thank goodness someone in the organization realized starting Takahashi was a bad idea.
Interestingly, Minaya had a giddy, gleeful look on his face when he approached the microphone to address the press. Was he pleased with himself for putting one over on the late-shift administrative assistant processing DL requests over at the MLB offices?
Billy Wagner; and
Ollie The Brain?
Factor in that Delgado will have this hip-thing flaring up all year — and tack on another iffy $13MM (or more — depending on what he re-upped for)….
This team’s reckless use of the “extra year” — and “extra couple million” to get an aging/declining player in here to play — is shocking.
Yeah, we spend…..but when you look at what it’s being spent on — there has to be a better way.
PS: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Ao5UR18DjJ60ibqq12Ye1bIRvLYF?slug=ap-tigers-willis&prov=ap&type=lgns
sound similar.
Anyway…NOW i am not worried about the Mets or Ollie. In fact I still think Ollie will payoff.
2nd PS: watching on ESPN as Doc Gooden and Cone throw….
Niese: If he flunks this start, looks like Redding could be up soon. He had a 1run/6hit line LAST night.
Isuzu- Dillon Gee would be on turn, but Niese last pitched Fri (or sat), and had his best start.
Walnutz – interesting point. $40M for Ollie, Wags, and Delgado. But the Mets won’t spend $6M on Abreu or O-Dog. Funny stuff.
I believe the Mets want to give Redding a bit more time to get ready. If they bring him back too soon his season will be shot. Niese has an option, and they probably feel better about burning his option than Gee’s, if possible. I’m sure they don’t want to expose Gee to MLB yet, either, as they may need him as trade bait later in the year.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-manny-ramirez8-2009may08,0,6324894.story