I really don't want to hear about untapped potential and flashes of brilliance, anyone who has watched this team for the last three years knew at some point Oliver Perez was going to be inconsistent. What we didn't realize was how bad he would be and for how long.I venture to say that Perez is Omar Minaya's worst signing, with Luis Castillo you could at least rationalize a long term track record of outstanding success and even in Sept. of 2007 he was excellent in NY.With Ollie what was the track record; six starts in a row, a good record in some big games and good strike ratios at times in his career. This is a guy coming into the season with a lifetime losing record and an over 4 ERA, that was given big money/multiple years contract.Part of the GM's job when evaluating players for New York, is whether they have the mental make-up to play here, I'm not sure Ollie has the make-up to play anywhere long term. Omar rolled the dice on Ollie and anyone could have seen ...
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