Starting Pitcher: 2 yrs of Sheets, 5 yrs of Ollie
Jon Heyman of SI.com believes the Mets are not in a rush to sign Oliver Perez, who is still seeking a five-year, $60 million deal.
According to Heyman, “Perez remains by far the Mets’ first choice for their final rotation spot, but club executives don’t appear quite as confident in their chances as before and are surveying other viable starters,” such as Ben Sheets, as well as Randy Wolf and Jon Garland.
Heyman also feels the Mets are worrisome that the Yankees may become suitors for Perez again.
Heyman says some Mets people ‘love Sheets,’ but are taking a second look at his medical records, adding, “Some Mets people are now wondering whether one or two years for Sheets might be a better gamble than four or five for Perez.”
…well, as i wrote last week, count me among the people who would rather sheets on a two-year deal over perez on a four– or five-year deal… sheets, plus a Freddy Garcia and Tim Redding, with John Maine, Mike Pelfrey and Johan Santana, with Jon Niese waiting on deck, is fine by me… there are a lot of question marks, but in a perfect world that is a strong rotation…
