Michael Pérez (baseball)
| Michael Pérez | |||
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| Tampa Bay Rays – No. 43 | |||
| Catcher | |||
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Born: August 7, 1992 Catano, Puerto Rico | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 26, 2018, for the Tampa Bay Rays | |||
| MLB statistics (through August 28, 2018) | |||
| Batting average | .284 | ||
| Home runs | 1 | ||
| Runs batted in | 11 | ||
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Michael Pérez (born August 7, 1992) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball catcher for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career
Pérez attended the Colegio Vocacional Para Adultos in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[1] The Arizona Diamondbacks selected Pérez in the fifth round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft.[2] Pérez played for the Diamondbacks organization for eight years, reaching Triple-A.[3]
On July 25, 2018, the Diamondbacks traded Pérez and Brian Shaffer to the Tampa Bay Rays for Matt Andriese.[4] With Wilson Ramos injured, the Rays promoted him to the major leagues the same day, and he made his major league debut the next day against the Baltimore Orioles.[5] He got his first hit, a double, off of Alex Cobb that night.[6] On August 31st, Perez was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring and would not play for the remainder of the season.[7] Perez ended the season slashing .284/.304/.392 with one home run and 11 runs batted in.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ NICK LOCKRIDGE of the Missoulian (August 4, 2012). "Osprey catcher Michael Perez lets his game do the talking | Missoula Osprey". missoulian.com. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ↑ https://theathletic.com/475966/2018/08/20/i-dont-know-how-or-why-but-it-has-really-helped-me-how-a-small-change-helped-michael-perez-turn-things-around/
- ↑ https://www.tampabay.com/blogs/rays/2018/08/18/new-rays-catcher-michael-perez-worth-wait/
- ↑ "Rays trade Matt Andriese to Arizona for two prospects". Tampabay.com. July 25, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ↑ "For starters: Rays at Orioles, with Michael Perez in the lineup". Tampabay.com. July 26, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ↑ Semansky, Patrick. "In matchup of struggling teams, Rays edge O's | Sports". heraldmailmedia.com. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ↑ "Rays' Michael Perez: Put on DL". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
- ↑ "Rays' Michael Perez: Return uncertain". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)