Michael Pérez

Michael Pérez (born August 7, 1992) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Tampa Bay Rays.

For the baseball pitcher, see Mike Pérez (baseball).
Michael Pérez
Pérez with the Rays in 2020
Pittsburgh Pirates – No. 5
Catcher
Born: (1992-08-07) August 7, 1992
Cataño, Puerto Rico
Bats: Left Throws: Right
MLB debut
July 26, 2018, for the Tampa Bay Rays
MLB statistics
(through 2020 season)
Batting average.221
Home runs2
Runs batted in26
Teams

Career

Pérez attended the Colegio Vocacional Para Adultos in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[1]

Arizona Diamondbacks

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]

Tampa Bay Rays

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 31, 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]

Pittsburgh Pirates

On October 30, 2020, he was claimed off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates.[9]

See also

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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/
  3. https://www.tampabay.com/blogs/rays/2018/08/18/new-rays-catcher-michael-perez-worth-wait/
  4. "Rays trade Matt Andriese to Arizona for two prospects". Tampabay.com. July 25, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  5. "For starters: Rays at Orioles, with Michael Perez in the lineup". Tampabay.com. July 26, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  6. Semansky, Patrick. "In matchup of struggling teams, Rays edge O's | Sports". heraldmailmedia.com. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  7. "Rays' Michael Perez: Put on DL". CBSSports.com. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  8. "Rays' Michael Perez: Return uncertain". CBSSports.com. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  9. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/10/pirates-claim-michael-perez-off-waivers-from-rays.html
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