Free agent pitcher Oliver Perez won’t be heading to the Arizona dessert for employment.  According to Nick Piecoro of The Arizona Republic, the Diamondbacks are not interested in the left-handed pitcher.

The Yankees were rumored to be interested in the former starting pitcher of the New Yorks Mets, but those rumors were debunked earlier this after.

Perez has been in the dog house with New York since last year and his 2/3 innings of relief where he gave up three hits (two home runs), one walk and two earned runs against the Washington Nationals may have done him in.

Perez, who is due $12 million, acknowledged that he did “a really bad job”.

Any team that decides to pick up Perez will only be responsible for the Major League minimum of approximately $400,000.  The Mets would then be responsible for approximately $11.6 million.