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Starting Pitcher: Don’t Expect Perez to Sign Soon

by Matthew Cerrone on January 17th, 2009 at 10:59 am

Peter Botte of the Daily News writes, “the Mets don’t expect any resolution on Oliver Perez‘s status in the coming days,” according to a team official or one person familiar with the team’s thinking.

…as i have been saying, i feel there is little-to-no-chance of perez and boras accepting a low-ball, three-year, $30 million offer in mid-January… it’s just not his style…

Also, Botte explains, while the Mets have remained in contact with Jon Garland and Randy Wolf, they remain fallback options if they don’t retain Perez.

Botte also writes about Manny Ramirez and Andruw Jones, neither of which seem likely to end up in Queens.