The Mets need to release Oliver Perez

Here are the facts: the Mets owe Oliver Perez roughly $20 million dollars through the 2011 season. Oliver Perez's ERA over the past two seasons is 6.62. If the Mets did not owe Oliver Perez so much money, than Oliver Perez would be in the minors right now.

But thanks to the egregious contract that the Mets gave Perez, Jolly Ollie can refuse to go the minor leagues, which he has done multiple times. And several Mets are not happy about it. Rightfully so:

A day after watching Oliver Perez implode in a relief appearance against the Brewers, two disgusted Mets players told The Post yesterday it’s time management drew a line in the sand with the putrid lefty.

"You tell him you go to Triple-A or that’s it, you are finished," one Mets player said, well aware that Perez is still owed about $20 million on the three-year contract he signed before the 2009 season.

A second Mets player echoed that line of thinking.

"At some point you have to cut bait," he said. "You owe him a lot of money, but for what?"