Note: Oliver Perez, 300-Game Winner
Last week, Randy Johnson won the 300th game of his career.
In a report for Baseball Prospectus, Joe Sheehan lists Oliver Perez among six players who, if everything goes according to plan, could eventually win 300 games.
…i hope for the best for perez, and wish him the best of luck, and would love nothing more than to see him win 300 games, especially for the Mets… but, i feel pretty confident saying it will never happen… i mean, i’d say he has a slightly better chance of winning 300 games than i do, and i have no chance…
According to Sheehan, the 27-year-old Perez is not much different from the 27-year-old Randy Johnson, in that both pitchers struggled with control, while having an ‘electric arm.’
…this may be true, and i too see the similarities, but johnson may be the greatest left-handed pitcher of his generation… and perez’s biggest problem isn’t his talent, it’s his inability to focus and think through adjustments from batter to batter…
Through his first 180 games, Perez has 56 wins, 1,047 strike outs and a 4.50 ERA, while Johnson had won 81 games, had 1,330 strike outs and a 3.70 ERA.
Perez is still sidelined in St. Lucie, as he works to rehab from tendinitis in his knee.
