There’s a rumor floating around the ‘nets that the Milwaukee Brewers
are looking to add a free agent starting pitcher to their rotation to
replace Ben Sheets (whom we’ve said before is obviously broken).
The latest name mentioned is Mets
sort-of-reclamation-project-except-he’s-only-27 Oliver Perez. Perez is
looking for a 4 year, $40 mill deal. But the Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel says the rumor is bunk.
I just saw this report that Jon Heyman said on the MLB
Network that the Brewers might have interest in free agent lefty
Oliver Perez.Don’t count on it.
When I ran Perez’s name by Brewers general manager Doug Melvin
recently, he showed virtually no interest for two reasons:1. Melvin doesn’t think he’s worth the money he is seeking (Perez led
the NL in walks last year and can be very erratic).2. Melvin doesn’t want to forfeit the first-round draft pick to sign a
Class A free agent.
Note that Perez is a Scott Boras client, so you have to take any “X
team is interested” rumor with a grain of salt.
