September 11, 2007

The Met Magician

I know that a lot of fans, including myself, were calling for blood when Omar Minaya went ahead and traded Xavier Nady last year to obtain Roberto Hernandez and some unknown pitcher who once dominated the National League Central, but now at the point that the Mets are at, I couldn’t see this trade in any other light than highway robbery gone our way. Look at it this way. We got a, most of the time, dominant pitcher and a compensation first round draft pick from the Indians ( Roberto Hernandez was a Type-A free agent) for a, just over, average outfielder/first baseman. I wouldn’t have had it any other way.

Over the course of the season, Oliver Perez has become the force that has guided the Mets past their National League East rivals, the Atlanta Braves, and for some reason they can’t seem to figure him out.

In five starts against the Tomahawk Chopping Warriors, Perez is an impressive four and one, with a 3.07 earned run average, allowed five home runs, thirty two strikeouts, only two bases on balls and all in 32.2 innings pitched. This is by far an impressive line of numbers for any mets pitcher against the team that has seemed to dominate them over the past fifteen plus years.

Perez has become, over the course of the season, the Mets version of Chipper Jones. For some unknown reason, when Perez hits the mound, he becomes the ace he once was in Pittsburgh and becomes un-hittable.

Whether it’s his erratic style that catches the tribe off guard or that a light switch just turns on in his head when he takes the mound against them, it doesn’t matter because all we hope for is a dominant performance and a look into what Oliver Perez might become once his full potential is harnessed.

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

its great to have a guy that can dominate them so well

Anonymous said...

but just like perez he had one bad start and only lasted 5 innings

Anonymous said...

id take that any doay of the week

Anonymous said...

i didnt realize his dominance was that

Anonymous said...

wow...he can throw against them

Anonymous said...

i cant get enough of his hop over the foul line...gets me every time

Anonymous said...

you can almost say that he has become the mets magician

Anonymous said...

atleast against the braves anyway

Anonymous said...

did anybody else realize that he has passed his career high in wins

Anonymous said...

yeah it was 13 with pittsburgh and now he has 14

Anonymous said...

just wondering...good to know people are paying attention to him

Anonymous said...

what's up with those side burns?

Anonymous said...

he pitched great and all youre interested in is his side burns?