Forgotten Pittsburgh Pirates: Pitcher Oliver Perez

PITTSBURGH - JUNE 5: Pitcher Oliver Perez #48 of the Pittsburgh Pirates in action against the Atlanta Braves at PNC Park on June 5, 2005 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Perez was the winning pitcher as the Pirates defeated the Braves 5-2. (Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images)

If there is a 2020 season Oliver Perez will surprisingly enter his 18th season of Major League Baseball, but his tenure with the Pittsburgh Pirates was fairly forgotten.

I’m sure if you told any Pittsburgh Pirates fan in the late-2000s that lefty starter Oliver Perez would have a near 20-season career, many wouldn’t have believed it. But here we are in 2020, and, if there is a season, Perez will enter his 18th season of…