Bob Klapish over at ESPN takes a look at Oliver Perez and his rise as a pitcher this season.  Nothing new to the Shea faithful out there, but a good read nonetheless.  A nice little clip for you:

Ask around, and everyone seems to be in agreement about Perez this
year: His rehabilitated slider has become the Mets' best pitching
weapon, not to mention turning him into one of the National League's
premier lefties.

Ollie is still a work in progress, and his flyball/groundball ratio can make one nervous, but from everything we've seen he's getting better and better.  The old Ollie would have melted down last night after giving up two first inning runs.  This new Ollie found his way back, tossed a decent number of strikeouts, and ended up lasting deep into the game. The work of Rick Peterson and leadership of elder Met statesman Glavine have seemed to really help Perez, and the thought that he might still have more to learn and the ability to improve makes it all the better. 

Thanks to reader imkeithhernandez17  for the link

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