Oliver Perez is outta here!

Say good bye to Oliver Perez!

News broke early this morning that the Mets have released the pathetic left handed starter, and will eat the rest of his $12 million owed him this season.

After a sparkling turn in the postseason in 2006, Perez was awarded a huge multi-year contract by Omar Minaya. Even with that contract, Perez never captured the confidence of Mets fans and the Mets coaches with his erratic style, and propensity to walk just about anybody during a single inning.

Last season, Perez hit rock bottom, and when asked to accept a minor league assignment he refused, beginning the end of his run with the Mets.

Thus ends the worst experiment of pitching in recent memory for the Mets. They thought they had something special in '06 with Perez and John Maine. Injuries and a bad attitude doomed Maine's stay with the Mets, who cut him last season. Perez took longer to unload because of the money.

With Perez and Luis Castillo both gone, the Wilpons had to eat $18.2 million. You wonder if they even have the money considering the financial trouble the Mets are in with a $1 billion lawsuit set against them.

Anyway, Met fan rejoice! You are rid of the two most hated players since Bobby Bonilla, Carlos Baerga, Mo Vaughn, and Roberto Alomar.