Comments on: Where’s Odalis?

By: Rob McMillin

Rob McMillin — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:01:05 +0000

Perez was always a tantalizing case of what-might-have-been; he probably annoyed people in the Kansas City organization when he said this: "You know, the team is a bad team," Perez said of the last-place Royals. "[But] I could be happy there because I can be the ace on staff or one of the good guys on the staff." Perez also made it be known that he wasn't happy about his demotion to the bullpen; I have to wonder whether teams have just concluded that he's not worth the whining.

By: Mark R

Mark R — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:39:57 +0000

That was my reason for throwing the”nearly” in there.

By: Eric/OR

Eric/OR — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:39:02 +0000

Reneging on a contract one signed *two weeks earlier* is indeed a little strange. There’s no love lost b/t myself and the Nationals (or any ownership group for that matter), but their deal with Perez was a shrewd one, and it strikes me that a petulant move like Perez’s is going to cost him long-run dollars this year. After all, he’s not very likely to make more than $850k in total dollars by signing some pro-rated second-half contract should he catch on somewhere.

By: Big Oil

Big Oil — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:58:22 +0000

Strasburg and Scott Boras hope not.

By: Mark R

Mark R — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:33:22 +0000

I don’t see how it’s too late in the season. The Phillies, for instance, have some decent stopgaps, but are going to need a number four or five starter before much longer.

And as to the blackballing, I think there’s probably something to that. The Nats are horrible, but they toe the Selig line nearly all the time.

By: Hailmatty

Hailmatty — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:33:59 +0000

Can you say blackballed? Happened to Bonds.

I guess Odalis has angered the powers that be one too many times.