Veteran infielder/outfielder Hernan Perez went unclaimed on waivers following his recent DFA, the Nationals announced Thursday. Perez rejected an outright assignment to Triple-A and has instead elected free agency. He’s now eligible to sign with any club.
The 30-year-old Perez went just 1-for-19 with a pair of walks in his brief time with the Nationals organization this year and was 1-for-6 in a brief look with the Cubs in 2020. However, he was a frequently used and utilityman with the Brewers from 2016-19, batting a combined .257/.289/.406 with 44 long balls and 63 steals through 482 games (1468 plate appearances).
Perez’s best season came with the ’16 Brewers, when he slugged 13 homers and stole 34 bases. He followed that up with a career-high 14 home runs and 13 steals the following year, but Perez’s average and OBP tumbled in subsequent seasons.
In parts of 10 Major League seasons, Perez is a .250/.280/.382 hitter who has experience at all four infield positions and all three outfield positions. He’s even tallied 9 1/3 innings of mop-up work on the mound, pitching relatively respectably for a position player: six runs on 11 hits and four walks with five strikeouts (5.79 ERA).
Mets are 500 down three aces, their two hottest hitters, their best reliever, and half the lineup slumping. Other teams have injuries too but this is just to show some of you how y’all hate the Mets way to much. The cardinals where mostly healthy and just split with us. I don’t want to hear anything from those fans that talked earlier.
same with the dodgers as our ace only lasted 1 inning. watch as the dodgers sign this guy
People just hate in good teams. I hope we meet in the NLCS. (Probably lol)
Mets haven’t proved that they are a good team.
Only think Mets are doing is meeting high in the draft room… Mets=afterthought.
only a Mets fan would take an article written about Perez getting DFA’d, and turn it into a rant about their team.
Posts like this are the reason why people hate the Mets….and their fans.
LOL!
Omg LOL
You’re not wrong
I actually feel nothing.
On the other hand, nobody gives a damn about the Brewers’ 2 fans>
3 aces? Haha. Sorry they have one. Unless cloned degrom 2 more times. Smh. Carrasco, Noah, or anyone else on that team Is not an ace. You are the tool m thinks that Mets are relevant.. lol. Stay off the crack boy. *pats head*
Down 3 aces? Lol. Kool Aid in full effect here. Mets will not even make NLCS
Hernan Perez could have waited a day, now this decision will positively dwarf the Albert Pujols news…
/sarcasm alert
I also elected free agency after high school ball was over.