Whether or not there was a deadline, we’ll never know. But after a long, dragged out negotiation, Oliver Perez will return to the Mets for three more years, costing the team $36 million.
Mets fans know what they’re getting. Perez can either be the dominants ace, or throw batting practice to the other team. Ted Keith [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Omar Minaya’
3 February, 2009
Perez Reaction
28 January, 2009
Is Pedro Coming Back?
SI reports that Omar Minaya has stated his interest in bringing back former Met Pedro Martinez. Pedro went 5-6 last year with a 5.61 ERA, and had trouble in the first in inning, and getting to the fifth.
TBD Spin
I commented earlier about the Mets spending their money on one-year deal type guys, and Pedro would certainly be [...]
28 January, 2009
Small Free Agent Signings
Mets Geek looked at all the small things Omar Minaya has done this off-season to shore up the Mets bench, making the case that small amounts of money were wasted on a lot of players, equaling a lot of wasted money.
Tim Redding, Freddy Garcia, Alex Cora, and Cory Sulivan cost the Mets $6.35 million according to Cot’s [...]
27 January, 2009
The Case Against Manny Ramirez
After the Mets signed Francisco Rodriguez and traded for J.J. Putz, every Mets fan was content. Some of that had to do with Aaron Heilman going to Seattle. Most of it was because the Mets ownership addressed a problem and fixed it convincingly, the same way they addressed the starting rotation last year.
The Mets have [...]
20 January, 2009
(Free Agent) Wheel of Fortune
Following the Winter Meetings, the Mets made a splash in the off season, signing closer Francisco Rodriguez, and then trading for J.J. Putz. Omar Minaya saw the Mets needed fixing, and was getting it done.
Or so it seemed. Aside from the bullpen, there were still holes in the offense and starting pitching. They are still [...]
