08/18.Flushing,NY--Oliver Perez allowed 4 early runs to Atlanta tonight and most people likely assumed that it was game over (especially with the injury to David Wright over the weekend further depleting this team).
The Mets exploded for 8 runs on 10 hits in the 4th inning en route to a 9-4 victory. The 10 hits were the most in an inning by the Mets ever.Every one of the starters, including Perez, had at least one hit in the game.
Gary Sheffield, Luis Castillo and Jeff Francoeur all had big nights at the plate collecting 3 hits apiece.
Oliver Perez was not bad tonight pitching 5 innings and walked only 1 which was the best part. He still looks like he has not completely put it all together which is very frustrating for someone with his talent. I fear he may never put everything together but yet there are times where that assumption looks to be wrong. You hate potentially putting a guy like that out there for a big game not knowing what you will get. This off season, someone has to address this concern for Perez and get him on track to put his talent together with consistency. Mets fans have been waiting for it to happen with Perez since he became a Met and frankly, they're right.
Switching topics, I am excited to see the return of Billy Wagner at the end of the week. He has looked good during his rehab games and now its time to see if that carries over to the bigs.
I also don't see any reason to trade him with under 50 games to play. What can you really get at this point for him? Doubtfully anyone that will make an impact in the majors anytime soon. it's going to be fun to watch him if he has any success at all and hopefully he does. Wagner will not be a Met next year as he wants to close and try to get his 400th save (he is 15 away from that goal). With K-Rod on the Mets, Wagner will not get the chance. He has been nothing but good for this team and I hope he does well wherever he ends up next (thank god it won't be the Phillies).
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