Oliver Perez has asked the Mets to give him a chance to start and they will do so. Mets manager Terry Collins said he would oblige the request early in camp and see how he does in that role. "It's the same thing I've told you before -- that when Ollie got in here we were going to sit down and come up with a plan that everybody was on the [same] page with," Collins said. "And Sandy [Alderson] was in the meeting also. So it wasn't just Ollie and me. We talked about where did he feel he could help us most. He's raring to go. He said he feels great and is determined to put the last couple of years away. He said, 'I want a chance to make this club as a starting pitcher.' I said, 'You'll get that opportunity. If it's not working we'll talk about it as we get into camp and we can always make the switch.' "He said, 'That's fine.' And I said, 'Well, whatever it is, we're all going to buy into it. We're all going to be on the same page and move forward.' He was very, very upbeat about the whole thing. It was a very good conversation. Sandy has some good things to say. We'll move forward from there."