Sandy Alderson and Company have done an incredible job this off-season, especially considering the organization's current budget situation, but I do feel they have miss-understood the totality of the Oliver Perez fiasco. I agree with my colleague Rob Patterson that Perez will not make out of spring training, his wildness results in walks and they have better options in camp ( Tankersley/Byrdak). After all; how can you have a guy come in for one hitter who has the potential to walk the hitter more often then strike them out. There are subtle hints that Perez's tenure is coming to a close, for example; Collins and Alderson had planned for at least one of them to visit Perez this winter to watch him pitch but neither ever made it down to Caliacan. Instead they decided to rely upon bullpen catcher Rafael Arroyo's reports, Arroyo was let go by the organization when Caliacan was eliminated from the playoffs ( source Adam Rubin of ESPN NY). If the Mets had any indications ...
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