In a post to NY Sports Dog, Dave Singer lists the top five things left to root for in 2009, such as, “The continuing improvement of Oliver Perez.”
…yep, we are all talent evaluators at this point… personally, i look forward to watching Bobby Parnell, who looked decent in his first start over the weekend, though [...]

After last night’s loss to the Braves, David Wright told reporters:
“It doesn’t matter what the Phillies do if we don’t take care of our own business. It’s not even important to watch what those guys do. We have to make our own pushes.”
…I appreciate Wright and his candid remarks and completely agree – no loss [...]

The Mets have set their rotation for the start of the second half on Thursday.
Oliver Perez will start Thursday night against the Braves in Atlanta, followed by Mike Pelfrey on Friday, Johan Santana on Saturday, Fernando Nieve on Sunday, and Livan Hernandez on Monday against the Nationals in Washington.
Jerry Manuel told reporters that Jonathan Niese [...]

Oliver Perez walked the first batter of the game on four pitches last night, but regrouped to pitch five innings, and though he walked seven batters, he allowed only two runs.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, courtesy of ESPN.com, “Perez is the first pitcher in team history to win a game in which he pitched fewer [...]

Oliver Perez allowed three runs in five plus innings in a rehab start for triple-A Buffalo tonight.
Perez is expected to start against the Dodgers on Wednesday.
“I’ve got to take in what took place, see about his velocity and all,” Jerry Manuel said.

Oliver Perez will next start on Friday for Triple-A Buffalo, after which he could be activated, Jerry Manuel told reporters before today’s game.
According to Manuel, the Mets received positive reports on Perez following his last rehab start in Brooklyn.
In a post to his blog for the Daily News, Adam Rubin reports on Billy Wagner, as well as [...]

Yesterday, Jerry Manuel said John Maine and Oliver Perez will start in a doubleheader today for Single-A St. Lucie, and could possibly rejoin the Mets at some point next week.
According to Manuel, getting Maine and Perez back will give the team options, in terms of who is in the rotation and who is in the bullpen.
Manuel explained, Fernando Nieve [...]

David Lennon, in a post to Twitter, says that both John Maine and Oliver Perez will start each end of a doubleheader for St. Lucie on Monday.
Lennon also reports that Jose Reyes, who is on the disabled list with a torn tendon in his hamstring, feels something on “quick moves”.
Reyes reportedly played catch on the [...]

According to Bart Hubbuch in a post to Twitter, both John Maine and Oliver Perez are expected to throw off of a mound in Port St. Lucie later this week.
While there is still no timetable for Perez to return, Maine is expected to be back next week.

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 [...]