Sunday night linkage..
- Mets manager Jerry Manuel insists that Oliver Perez's knee tendinitis is legitimate, writes Andy Martino of the Daily News. The timing of Perez's trip to the DL is being investigated by MLB in light of its curious timing.
- In her latest mailbag, Carrie Muskat of MLB.com writes that the Cubs brought back Bob Howry with the hope that he can help in specific situations with the help of Larry Rothschild. The Cubbies signed the reliever to a major league deal in mid-May.
- Former Brewers farmhand Brent Brewer will choose football over baseball after all, writes MLB.com's Adam McCalvy. The 2008 second-round selection quit baseball last month and will now play on scholarship at the University of Tennessee.
Mets manager Jerry Manuel insists that Oliver Perez’s knee tendinitis is legitimate…
In that case they need to check Jerry for brain tendinitis.
On the other hand though, anything that keeps Ollie out of a Mets uni’ is fair play in my book!
What else is he going to say? Why would he say anything different, no matter the truth?
What I don’t get is what all the fuss is about. The Yankees and other teams frequently use the DL to vanish players who are underperforming. This is not new.