He was great for the Pirates in 2004 as a 22 year old lefty. We thought we struck gold in the Brian Giles trade getting Perez and Jason Bay. I'm pretty sure he led the league in K's/9 innings. We were pretty bad offensively (what else is new) so his record wasn't great but all his other numbers were pretty special. Then, of course, he got hurt the next season. He did something stupid like kicking through a wall or something like that and broke his foot and was never the same. But yes, he has been a mediocre, but pretty reliable, reliever since. There's probably a lot of guys who take his "strange" 18 year pro career though.
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