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After a few days of speculation, the Mets have finally made a decision on Oliver Perez. Omar Minaya announced to the press last night that Perez would go on the 15-day DL with "patella tendinitis," which I'm fairly sure is just code for, "We have no idea what's wrong with this dude, but he can make some rehab starts if we do this." In his place, Jonathan Niese has been called up from Triple-A Buffalo and will start on Friday. I'm not entirely certain the Mets have any idea what to do with Perez. They had talked about sending him to the bullpen for some extra work, but it's not a stretch to think that they probably didn't want a guy that's averaging a walk an inning this year working out of the bullpen in any situation. Thus, we have the surprising DL visit, the safe haven for struggling pitchers for as long as the disabled list has existed, I suspect.
In fact, Perez himself said last night that he felt fine and he just wants to "get better," so it doesn't even seem like the Mets are hiding the fact that this is for Perez to throw on the side and make some rehab starts without continuing to torpedo the Mets' chances of winning every fifth day.
Will that help Perez? It's hard to say. I mean, Perez has been frustrating fans and coaches and other players since he's been unable to harness the amazing talent he flashed in his breakout year in 2005. Somehow, I don't think this DL stint will make Perez any less maddening.
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