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Scott Boras was at Dodger Stadium yesterday, 
watching several of his clients, including Mike Pelfrey and Oliver Perez, who can be a free agent following this season..
According to John Delcos in the Journal News, citing ‘speculation,’ Perez could seek a five-year, $60 million contract this off-season.
…my initial reaction is to laugh in boras’s face…however, who knows…i mean, i can see perez going the way of Gil Meche, but also see him holding out and settling for a short-term deal like Kyle Lohse…i just have no idea any more how the pitching market will break…that said, the Mets were not happy about giving Johan Santana more than five years…and perez wants five years too…wow…good luck, oliver…
For more on Perez, who Boras is comparing to Erik Bedard, also check out the Star-Ledger, Bergen Record and Newsday.
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60 mil for 5 years?
ROFLMAO!!!!! LOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOL!!!!!
I want whatever Boras is smoking!
The really frustrating part is that he’ll get it. I just hope that it’s from someone else.
Why? who cares what these guys are paid? I don’t want the best available player per dollar, I want the best available player. Obviously Perez has to succeed this year to be considered one of the ‘best available players’ in the offseason, but assuming he performs similarly to last year, give him whatever he wants.
that is exactly the amount boras will be shooting for. look at the approach he took with kyle lohse this off season, and jeff weaver the year before.
and IMO the deal lohse got with the cards is exactly the type of deal perez will get next spring. and unfortunately it probably won’t be with the mets, who will not be in a position to wait around for the shenanigans to end.
talk about THINK BIG!
No thanks. I’ll take the draft picks. I do not need 5 years of elevated blood pressure, especially not for $60 million.
i would package both OP and MPelfrey for a decent number 3 starter or some nice minor league pitching in a heart beat. Does anyone thiink Pelfrey is going to turn into Nolan Ryan and regret trading this guy like we regret trading Scot Kazmir?
It’s unfortunate that the Mets trade their 1st round pitcher who actually becomes a stud for nothing (Kazmir) and meanwhile are stuck with Big Pelf. Sometimes I just wish it was the opposite way (Pelf for Zambo)…I think i’d make that deal.
Not only should managment give OP the money with the years, but managment might as well sign Luis Castillo to a four year deal worth $25 million. Oh wait!
If the mets agree to that deal do they get some of the 6.5million he isn’t earning this year back?
Well, a lot of fans wanted the mets to sign this guy. How quickly things change. I would trade him at the deadline for prospects.
Cothran: “Willie Randolph said he would look to rest a few of his regulars with the Mets playing a matinee today. “
Another getaway day, another loss. It’s amazing how these add up.
they have a day off tomorrow i think.
why put out the b lineup………
first sweep of the year folks
All this losing and flat-playing must be taking it’s toll. Maybe I’ll take tomorrow off too. Sissies!
God forbid millionaires play every game.
I know, seriously. I work full time, go to school at night, study when I get home from school, go to the gym and wake up the next day and do it all over again. These guys play baseball for 3 hours everyday. Give me a break. Willie should say: “guys, we suck…..sorry, no rest for you pansies today. Get out there and rip their hearts out.”
that’s funny, me too…i work full time (4 straight weeks of 6 days a week, thank you very much), go to school full time, and have a family. Maybe if i went to the gym I could ask for a day off.
People can laugh all they want, but does anyone believe that there’s not some stupid GM out there who won’t give a 27 year old lefty with Perez’s stuff that kind of money?
A friend of mine says Texas. The Rangers will wind up with him, not having learned from the Millwood experience.
Well they say everything in Texas is bigger. for OP’s sake I hope they mean the strike zone.
So far they taken at least 15 off, my question for Willie is when are they going to START playing?
Ollie Perez sucks dog meat…..trade him now Omar. I cannot stand to watch that SOB pitch. And while we are on the subject, please fire that SOB Willie who cannot seem to shake up this anemic bunch…..it’s been 1 year of .500 baseball and there is no doubt in my mind, that’s the manager’s fault!
Now your attitude is fired! Just what the Mets need! Kicking a** and taking names!
Oliver Perez is to Eric Bedard as Gumby is to Iron Man
Ha! I’m glad you said it. That was very creative!
Don’t you have to like, I don’t know…throw strikes and get past 1.2 innings against a last place Pirate team to get 60 million dollars over a 5 year period??
I mean, I like Ollie.. but he’s just been so inconsistent, esp. the start of this year. Numbers like this and he’s probably going to end up like Kyle Lohse.
With Boras recent track record (a la A-Rod), I wouldn’t be surprised if many MLB teams balk at OP. I understand teams need lefties, but c’mon he is not worth 60 mil. Boras needs to wake up and smell the coffee.
track record? Oh..you mean getting A-Rod a raise, and making everyone think his reputation is tarnished, giving him more bargaining power?
Zito, what?
Oliver Perez can be almst good, not great.
He is similar to Zito in that he peaked young and gets a little worse every year.
Zito at least was awesome for a couple of years so teams can hope but with Perez it’s been so long and hes so erratic theres no way I see him getting anywhere close unless he really finishes strong.
What about the Bronx? He might get 5 years and $75 mil up there . . .
Let him go there, those AL teams that work the count will chew him up and spit him out, oh wait, thats happening now.
GM’s know what they’re getting with Perez - he and Boras won’t be fooling anyone. It’s going to depend on what his final numbers say this season, but at this point, he won’t get 12 mil a year, especially not for 5 years. He might get 3/30, but most likely, he’ll get 1 or two for 7-10 mil per.
That would be a reasonable offer based on the his performance…But we are talking about boras…..
The Boras aura has dissipated, and was overrated in the first place. I don’t care if God is OP’s agent, he’s not getting 5 years and 60 mil.
I would not be so sure. Yes he took a shot after the $330 million dollar fiasco that was AROD but frankly almost everything is in boras’s favor. He got the thin market on his side, the money other pitchers have made this year and the fact hes young/lefty. Boras has alot of bullets for GM’s. I think OP will get his money i just dont know which team would be stupid enough to pull the trigger. Just hope its not us.
I once hoped the Mets would give him a big payoff; now I’m not so sure.