“Oliver Perez”:http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=6945 is out of the game. He worked three innings, giving up a run on two hits with no walks and three strikeouts.
Perez said his objective was to spot his fastball down in the zone, something he did not do in his first start.
“I felt a lot better,’’ Perez said. “I didn’t miss with a lot of my pitches. I missed with a couple (of breaking balls), but I think things are starting to come around.’’
5 Comments
This is good news. One run and two hits over three innings without a walk and three K’s. Combined with Maine’s good outing… very hopeful.
Have to say – not that anyone asked me – that I’d have to strongly consider bringing in A-Rod if he opts out of his contract (and if there’s similar money out there, why would he stay at this point?) He’d almost have to do better in the Mets’ well-constructed clubhouse than he is in the Bronx. D-Wright at second looks like a potentially better-hitting version of Jeff Kent (and a waay nicer guy.) Plus, given how many young cheap arms the Mets have locked up for the forseeable future, long-term reasonable deals in place with Wright and Reyes, and the fact that whomever ends up in the Mets corner outfield spots from among Milledge, Martinez, and Gomez will also come cheap for years, you could make a case that the money should be there.
Would it be a high-risk move by Omar? Sure. But when you consider an infield – left to right – of A-Rod, Reyes, Wright and Delgado (at least for now) it could also be the key piece of a 5-7 year dynasty.
Finally, of course, any kid who grew up in NY rooting for the Mets definitely deserves the benefit of the doubt in any trouble he might have fitting in on the Yankees.
Mr. Delcos:
I have a question regarding pitchers velocity in the spring?
I’ve watched just about every Met’s grapefruit league game on TV and for some reason every pitchers velocity seems to be down. Even Billy Wagner was getting clocked at only 90 on the SNY radar gun.Today Oliver Perez barley hit 89 MPH. Do you know if pitchers need time to work up there velocity or are they just not throwing that hard because it’s only an exhibition? Maybe the radar guns are a little off down there in Florida?
The SNY radar gun is appreciably slower than the other radar gun being used at the stadium. No idea why, but, for example, the SNY gun clocked Burgos at 91-92 when multiple media reports (w/different gun) had him at 95-96 and nothing less than 94. It seems to be about 4 mph less than the other gun, so just add 4 mph onto every pitch. At least, that’s what I’ve been doing, ever since I saw the reports about Burgos’ heat.
Thanks Laurie for the info!
radar guns have to be calibrated. If they are incorrectly calibrated then you have issues.
This is why you can clock a house doing 50.
;-]