You know what would be really great for a team that’s lost nine of their last ten games? A chance to face Oliver Perez. The Mets have deprived us of that opportunity tonight by putting Perez on the “disabled list” (you know … that place where crappy pitchers with no options go while the team tries to figure out what to do with them) and calling up Jon Niese. He’ll make the start against Jeff Karstens, which is a pretty nice assignment for a guy making his fourth big league start.
Will the first trip to Citi Field be a chance for the Pirates to break out of their funk? Honestly, I’d be pretty surprised if it was, but I don’t know how long the team can keep playing this badly. Maybe that’s because I don’t want to know.
