The Phillies have signed right-hander Hector Perez to a minor league deal, as per MLB.com’s official transactions page. Perez will report to Triple-A Lehigh Valley to begin his tenure with his new team.
The 27-year-old Perez is a veteran of two MLB seasons, albeit in cup of coffee form. He debuted with one game and 1 2/3 innings for the Blue Jays in 2020, and then didn’t reach the majors again until this season, when he threw a third of an inning for the Rays in one appearance. That Rays game took place just on August 16, and since then Perez was designated for assignment, outrighted off Tampa’s 40-man roster, and he chose free agency over accepting the assignment (he had that right due to a previous outright in his career).
A pro since 2015, Perez has been a member of five different organizations during his career, and he’ll now try to gain a bit of stability with Philadelphia. From the Phillies’ perspective, Perez offers some bullpen depth at the minor league level. The club’s next offday isn’t until September 7, so Perez might get another shot in the big leagues during this stretch if the Phils want to cycle a fresh arm into the mix.
Perez has a 3.78 ERA over 583 career innings in the minors, with a 4.81 ERA over 63 2/3 frames at the Triple-A level. Working mostly as a reliever in recent years, Perez has a 26.7% strikeout rate and 14.35% walk rate during his time in the minor leagues.
Another potential replacement for Dylan Covey.
Nah, Covey has some deep and dark 311 on someone in the organization. He’s not going anywhere.
Covey clears this dude easily.
Why not? Never know with these lottery tickets. Sometimes they pay off. A few years ago, the Mets were close to releasing Paul Sewald and now he’s the D-Backs’ closer.
Our bullpen has been looking a little to strong so it’s nice to see they still wanna bring in some garbage to really make us feel like our bullpen is still butt, classic Philly
The Phillies have fared well with Tampa castoffs; i.e., Jose Alvarado and Cristopher Sanchez. Let’s see if they can do it again.
Sanchez was not a castoff, the rays got a very good player in return
@Mrs.untan,
Hyperbole much?
Make sense much ?
Having one of those mornings? Hang in there, everything will be okay.
Are you mentally ill or just stupid? Your replies to my comments make no sense
@mrs. untan,
Having a tough day? Mondays can be tough, but you hang in there, ma’am.
Phillies are off on Thursday.if your point is based on no day off till the 7th you better make sure it’s correct
Okay, thank you.
Have fun in the basement with your mom.
@mrs. untan,
She passed away 25 years ago, but thank you for your kind words.