Williams Pérez
| Williams Pérez | |||
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Pérez with the Atlanta Braves in 2016 spring training | |||
| Atlanta Braves – No. 57 | |||
| Pitcher | |||
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Born: May 21, 1991 Acarigua, Portuguesa, Venezuela | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 8, 2015, for the Atlanta Braves | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) | |||
| Win–loss record | 9–9 | ||
| Earned run average | 5.18 | ||
| Strikeouts | 100 | ||
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Williams David Pérez Montes (born May 21, 1991) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career
Pérez signed with the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 2009.[1][2] The Braves added him to the team's 40-man roster on November 19, 2014.[3]
He was promoted to the major leagues on May 6, 2015.[4] Pérez debuted two days later, yielding two walks, two hits and four runs, while recording one out against the Washington Nationals.[5] He was then added to the starting rotation and made his first start, a no decision against the Tampa Bay Rays, on May 20, 2015.[6] Pérez made a total of 14 starts in his rookie season. In his first eight starts, he recorded a 2.27 ERA, then was placed on the disabled list in July with a bruised left foot. Upon his return to the active roster, Pérez made six more starts, in which his ERA was 9.87, before being demoted to AAA Gwinnett on August 29.[7]
Pérez opened the 2016 season in the Braves starting rotation and made three appearances before he was optioned to Gwinnett on April 20.[8] He was recalled on May 11, and earned the win in that night's game against the Philadelphia Phillies.[9] While facing the San Diego Padres on June 6, Pérez pitched five innings and left the game with an injury. Two days later, he was diagnosed with a rotator cuff strain and was placed on the disabled list.[10] He was reactivated on September 6 to start against the Washington Nationals.[11] After losing to the Nationals, Pérez was removed from his next start against the New York Mets in the midst of the third inning.[12]
Scouting report
Pérez primarily throws three pitches: a sinker, curveball, and changeup. All three offerings have a tendency to sink. Despite this, during his first season, Pérez gave up more fly balls on the latter two pitches than other pitchers did.[13] During his minor league career, however, Pérez was known as a ground ball pitcher.[14] Perez has continued to be a ground-ball pitcher at the major-league level, posting a ground-ball rate of 50.9% in 2015,[15] compared to a league-average rate of 45.3%.[16]
References
- ↑ Sickels, John (June 17, 2015). "A sleeper who woke up: Braves rookie Williams Perez". Minor League Ball. SBNation. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
- ↑ Bradley, Mark (August 12, 2015). "Perez offers another glimpse of the Braves' young pitching". Atlanta Journal Constitution. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
- ↑ Bowman, Mark (November 19, 2014). "Top prospect Peraza among Braves' roster additions". MLB.com. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
- ↑ Cooper, Jon (May 6, 2015). "Braves recall Perez, option Kohn to Triple-A". MLB.com. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
- ↑ Cristodero, Damian (May 8, 2015). "Perez battles command in big league debut". MLB.com. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
- ↑ Bowman, Mark (May 20, 2015). "Perez impressive in first Major League start". MLB.com. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
- ↑ Bowman, Mark (August 29, 2015). "Braves option Perez, leaving rotation vacancy". MLB.com. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
- ↑ Bowman, Mark (April 20, 2016). "Braves could tab Foltynewicz or Blair to start". MLB.com. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
- ↑ Bowman, Mark (May 12, 2016). "Perez rises to occasion on hectic day". MLB.com. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
- ↑ Bowman, Mark (June 8, 2016). "Braves' Perez hopeful for minimum DL stay". MLB.com. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
- ↑ Cunningham, Michael (September 6, 2016). "Braves rally but fall to Nats". Atlanta Journal Constitution. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
- ↑ Bowman, Mark (September 11, 2016). "Perez exits in third with apparent injury". MLB.com. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ↑ "Player Card: Williams Pérez". Brooks Baseball. Archived from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
- ↑ Karaman, Wilson (June 2, 2015). "Who Is This Williams Perez?". Baseball Prospectus. Retrieved August 30, 2015. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=11592&position=P
- ↑ http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=pit&lg=all&qual=0&type=2&season=2015&month=0&season1=2015&ind=0&team=0,ss&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)