Not much news

The Pirates claimed Juan Perez yesterday. He's had a pretty decent minor league career as mostly a middle reliever (though he's 27, not 25 as the Baseball Cube has listed), but then again we have plenty of those kind of guys and 27 is not exactly a spring chicken. Charlie thinks he has Littlefield's plan figured out, and sadly he's probably not far from the truth.

John Van Benschoten makes another start for Indianapolis tonight. His first start in AAA was pretty good, going six innings and only allowing 2 runs on 2 hits with 2 walks and 5 Ks. I know he's old and oft injured, but he's been pretty impressive on his comeback trail thus far this year. His mound opponent tonight is none other than Brian Boehringer who's pitched for first the Omaha Royals and now the Toledo Mud Hens in the IL this year.

Another Met is on the waiver wire at the moment, Victor Diaz. Rotoworld says we should be all over him and the fact is, at the moment both Rajai Davis and Mike Edwards are on the 40-man (hell, Davis is on the 25-man) and Diaz is probably better than both of them. And remember, that's not counting the two empty spots we have at the moment. He's not even 25 yet and he had a decent stint with the Mets last year, though he's been awful both in New York and in AAA this year. Still, picking up a guy like this probably can't hurt. If you'll recall, this is who the Mets were believed to be offering for Mike Gonzalez early last year (I think).

The Royals scored 10 runs in the first inning last night and still lost. I don't even know how that happens. Then again, we scored six in the first and lost earlier this year.