Walk This Way: Does Oliver Perez Hold Fantasy Baseball Value?

Posted: 10th May 2010 by Eric Stashin in MLB
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My wife is not a baseball fan. Calling her even a casual fan would be a fierce overstatement. When she opts to grace me with her presence as I’m watching a game, statements of “that pitch was awful” or “what the heck was he doing” are commonplace, despite her lack of knowledge of the game. Her favorite phrase, however, is: “Perez sucks, boot him forever” The Perez she is referring to is the Mets’ Oliver Perez.  While I may not agree with the latter part of the phrase, it’s tough to argue with the beginning.  Yesterday’s performance could be the exclamation point on what may be one of the most enigmatic performers in baseball.  It took him 98 pitches to get just 10 outs. Of those pitches, only 44 were for strikes, as ...

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