With Duaner Sanchez’s taxi cab accident, there was no doubt the Mets were going to go shopping for some pitching. The price was Xavier Nady who was spent most of his time in right field in a platoon situation. Nady was having a solid year, but he netted the Mets the venerable Roberto Hernandez and the erratic Oliver Perez.
Roberto Hernandez will be 42 in November, and while his season has hardly been great, he gives Willie Randolph another right handed option out of the bullpen. Hernandez is also a familiar face because he obviously was with the Mets last year.
Oliver Perez was 2-10 this year in what’s been a bizarre career. A Cy Young candidate in 2004, Perez was injured last year and has been downright horrible this year.
While it’s a not block buster, Nady was expendable and we needed some arms. While I’m not sure Perez will do much for us this year, Hernandez should proved Wagner with some solid set up work. I like the trade, but I’m not overwhelmed.
