Check out Adam Rubin's interview with Mets' Minor League Pitching Coordinator Rick Waits regarding Oliver Perez's debut for the Mets Triple-A Norfolk Tides on his Daily News Blog.

Perez (1-4) struggled in his debut, allowing
seven runs on six hits in 2.2 innings of work. He struck
out four and walked four but Waits saw some positives to take away from his appearance.

Here's a highlight

“[Perez] was missing down a lot, which is a good sign.
He just had a little problem with his fastball command. We're going to
go to work today. This is the first day in a lot of ways. You've got to
let a guy throw and take a look at him.

The thing I saw last night that was well is he's got an
electric arm with his fastball and a real sharp slider. Just like with
a lot of pitchers we're going to work on a consistent delivery. The
game wasn't good last night. But the first inning he got the bases
loaded and no out and should have gotten out of it. The umpire missed a
call at third. He ended up giving up just one run. I liked the way he
battled.

We really haven't done a lot with him yet. He just got
here. We wanted him to pitch. There's a lot of things we're going to
discover.”

In a conversation with Adam Rubin of The Daily News, David Wright picked his “All-Wright” team of emerging superstars. Rubin is a beat writer for the Mets. Why a beat writer, and not a real fan like Matt or myself, is writing a blog for The Daily News is beyond me but thats a story for another day. Without further delay, I give you the “All-Wright” team….

As Wright began, he said: “Give me Miguel Cabrera.”

“To play outfield?” I asked.

“Is he playing third base?” Wright said.

“Yes.”

“I’ll play outfield,” Wright continued.

In the end, Cabrera is in the outfield on Team Wright.

Here’s Wright’s team:

C-Joe Mauer, 22 (Twins)

1B-Ryan Howard, 26 (Phillies)

2B-Chase Utley, 27 (Phillies)

3B-Himself, 23

SS-Jose Reyes, 22 (Mets)

LF-Miguel Cabrera, 22 (Marlins)

CF-Willy Taveras, 24 (Astros)

RF-Jeff Francoeur, 22 (Braves)

P-Felix Hernandez, 20 (Mariners)

Manager-Willie Randolph, 40 (Mets)

“That’s a good team for putting me on the spot like that,” Wright said.

Folks at the Daily News, I know you're reading, give me a call. I might consider your offer.

One guy I don't mind blogging is David Wright himself. This guy does it all folks! MVP and MVB (Most Valuable Blogger)!