Oliver Perez, King of the Braves

Game 45: Mets 3, Braves 0
29-16 for the season

the Mets have lost all but three of the games they've played against the Braves so far this year, and all three they won were credited to Oliver Perez. the way Gary, Ron and Keith were talking about him tonight-- Cy Young material, capable of winning 18 games in a year-- was impressive, but no more impressive than my feelings about him. As Jose Reyes is the most exciting every-day player in baseball, Oliver Perez is the most exciting pitcher in baseball today. Clemens may be the most distracting, but Perez is the most exciting.

Paul LoDuca had his 200th career double tonight, and David Wright (with 8 homers this month) is most definitely back in his groove. Carlos Delgado hit in 6th spot for the first time in 10 years tonight, and it seemed to help-- he had two good singles, one to the opposite field, in his first tow at bats. though he ended up 2-4, the second two at-bats were good ones. I have a feeling he's on his way back, too.

Glavine vs. Smoltz again tomorrow night.