Mets Believe in Perez
The world didn’t believe that the kid was still able to play major league caliber baseball. Now they can’t get enough of him.
Oliver Michael Perez was signed to a 1 year 2.3 million dollar contract. It is slightly better than his previous one of 1.9 million and I’m surprised he didn’t get a bit more than that. Granted he gave up a ton of runs and his numbers overall for 2006 looked terrifying, but let’s not forget that he was far more than impressive since coming to the Mets.
The Mets haven’t had a no-hitter in team history. I’m pegging Perez to change that and I’m picking Glavine or Pedro to grab the perfecto. Yes, a no-hitter and a perfect game in the same year, and why not?
Glavine showed he still has great ability and for the first time in a long time, Pedro will be completely healthy (knock on wood) and in Oliver Perez, the Mets have a guy who can do it all. He can blow the heater passed the best of them, baffle you with his change-up or he can dazzle you with his sickening slider that falls off as if the earth was flat.
The kid has all the tools and now all of the resources to succeed. He has two locks for the HOF in the rotation, maybe three with El Duque and his post season triumphs. He has great hitters and a gold glove winning center fielder and quality corner fielders. The left side of the infield will have their own collection of golden leather and the right side is far better than anyone gives credit for, even myself. (See original posts about Carlos Delgado for reference)
So who can say that this kid doesn’t have a chance? Not the Mets, that’s for sure as they made it a point to tell this kid he was worth it. As soon as the All-Star break this year, expect a well deserved multi-year contract to be in place for this ace in the making.
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5 Responses to “Mets Believe in Perez”
January 13th, 2007 at 9:03 am
I was just starting to like this mvn.com network thing. Seemed like there were some good blogs on here. Now you go and say something like “El Duque may be a lock for the Hall of Fame”, and thus I have to go and find another source for my Mets news. I am sad.
January 13th, 2007 at 9:06 am
Oh, and who’s the 3rd lock for the HOF in the Mets’ rotation? I guess that’s either Maine or Pelfrey?
January 13th, 2007 at 11:08 am
Hi Jon,
I’m sorry you feel that you need to go anywhere else for news, but let’s focus on something here. The key word being “maybe”. How many post season games has he won? How many championship rings does he have?
I’ll tell you, and I’m not an avid fan of El Duque.
He’s won 9 post season games while only losing 3.
He struck out 107 batters in 106 post season innings.
He posted an outstanding era of 2.55 in 19 total games, starting 14.
He has 5 World Series rings.
All of that and he is still going on with a team that is favored to win the NL east again and pick up where they left off in 2006 and may win it all with his help.
Can you honestly say that if the Mets win it all with El Duque playing a factor, that he wouldn’t stand a chance to get in?
As far as the three future Hall of Famers, they are Pedro Martinez, Tom Glavine and Billy Wagner. I did mistype when I said 3 in the rotation and a possible fourth with El Duque, so I thank you for mentioning that.
Still, the sarcasm was justified the way it was written. Although talented, no one is calling Pelfrey or Maine Hall of Famers.
So just relax, get a drink, grab a bite to eat, read some more and feel free to post, lol, it isn’t that serious. Thanks for stopping by.
January 13th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Thanks for the reply. Yes, I was a little too sarcastic; for that I apologize. But to be honest, it was prompted by my shock that anyone could possibly consider El Duque a HOF candidate.
There’s no doubt he has been a fantastic postseason pitcher - I’m a Yankee fan, so of course I remember all those great games.
But still, there is absolutely no chance he’s a hall of famer. You’re talking about a pitcher with 81 career wins and an ERA well over 4. He’s never gotten a single Cy Young vote. He’s pitched over 190 innings in a season twice, and beyond that has never cracked 150 IP. If had won a world series every year of his career, he still wouldn’t have had a remote chance.
A good reference point are the HOF “tests” on baseball-reference.com. If you’re not familiar with them it’s easy enough to read up on them (in the “Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards” on http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hernaor01.shtml).
El Duque’s summary follows:
Gray Ink: Pitching - 27 (832) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 13.0 (578) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 24.0 (500) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.
(HOF Monitor, at least, takes into account postseason starts and wins.)
I don’t know what else to say - there’s just no chance, unless he comes up with something like 4 Cy Young-type seasons in a row. A WS win with the Mets will do nothing for his chances.
January 13th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
On that note, I can’t really dispute those numbers and I stand corrected. Bare with the editing as I have to at least state what I meant. However, the comments will remain here.
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