3:18PM: The D’Backs have officially announced the move. Ahmed’s IL placement is retroactive to March 31.
11:27AM: The Diamondbacks are preparing to promote shortstop Geraldo Perdomo to make his Major League debut, per ESPN’s Jeff Passan (via Twitter). It’s certainly early in the season for this type of promotion, but Nick Ahmed’s continued knee pain may be forcing the issue. It’s looking like Ahmed will soon head to the injured list.
The 21-year-old Perdomo has just 26 games at High-A, so his promotion does come as somewhat of a surprise. With the minor league season yet to get underway, however, there’s certainly some sense to getting Perdomo some game action in a short-term fill-in capacity. Thus far in his professional career, Perdomo has shown a tremendous approach at the plate with well-above-average bat-to-ball skills. He has not yet displayed much power, but between his approach at the plate, speed, and defensive skill-set, the Diamondbacks expect Perdomo to eventually take over as their starting shortstop.
That said, Ahmed signed a contract extension in February 2020 that runs through 2023 season, so he is very much still Arizona’s shortstop of the present and the team can take its time in developing Perdomo. Fangraphs ranked Perdomo 68th on their list of the game’s best prospects, his highest finish as a consensus choice in top-100 rankings from Baseball America (75th), MLB.com (79th), Baseball Prospectus (90th), and The Athletic’s Keith Law (91st).
little early for Perdomo IMO
He’ll be extended after a couple years so it doesn’t matter
im talking about production, not service time
It’s a poor move if the Dbacks go through with this.
From an analytics perspective, one thing you look for to know a guy is ready for the show is BB:K. Perdomo excels at this. Reports are his exit velos are going up which means there is some power there. Sure, he only played A+ in 2019, but under a normal season, he would have played his way up to AA last season, maybe even got a taste of AAA towards the end. There are going to be a lot of “too early call ups” this year if you don’t acknowledge that they may have moved up a level or two in development last season at the alt site.
I, for one, am a big fan of this guy. Have been since I got to seem him play in the AZL. I think he is going to be productive enough to give them a tough decision when Ahmed is healthy.
Is he starting tonight? Asking as a member of a deep fantasy league… lol
I would say a good chance
Ya figured just hadn’t seen confirmation anywhere, thanks
I’m hoping Marte can get 5 games at short so I can get some SS eligibility for him this year.
That would be nice too. I actually have him as well. I play in a league with defensive stats which tend to favor infielders so once he gets OF eligibility I always want as many INF games as possible from him
I love this guy. Super high BB%, Low K%. Plus defender. If the power comes along, which reports are it is, he could be a very good player.