New York — Oliver Perez is returning to the New York Mets, giving them a left-handed specialist out of the bullpen next season.<\/p>\n
New York and Perez agreed Wednesday to a $1.5 million, one-year contract. He was 1-3 with a 2.12 ERA in 33 games last season and had a stretch of 20 consecutive appearances in July and August where he did not allow a run. That streak was tied for the fourth longest in franchise history.<\/p>\n
Perez started the season at Triple-A Tacoma and was brought up on June 16. He was strong against left-handed hitters but was even better against right-handers, who hit .204 against him.<\/p>\n
Perez can make an additional $600,000 in performance bonuses next year: $100,000 each for 40, 45, 50, 55, 60 and 65 games.<\/p>\n
In 2011, Perez was released in spring training by the Mets, who owed him the final $12 million of a $36 million, three-year contract. His deal with Seattle this year was worth $90,000 in the minors and $750,000 in the majors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New York — Oliver Perez is returning to the New York Mets, giving them a left-handed specialist out of the bullpen next season. New York and Perez agreed Wednesday to a $1.5 million, one-year contract. He was 1-3 with a 2.12 ERA in 33 games last season and had a stretch of 20 consecutive appearances […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fan-submissions"],"yoast_head":"\n