Joe Perez (baseball)

Joseph Perez (born August 12, 1999) is an American professional baseball third baseman in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros.

Joe Perez
Perez with the Sugar Land Space Cowboys in 2023
Pittsburgh Pirates
Third baseman
Born: (1999-08-12) August 12, 1999
Pembroke Pines, Florida, U.S.
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
April 8, 2022, for the Houston Astros
MLB statistics
(through 2022 season)
Batting average.000
Home runs0
Runs batted in0
Teams

Amateur career

Perez attended Archbishop McCarthy High School in Southwest Ranches, Florida. As a senior, he hit .526 with nine home runs and 37 runs batted in (RBIs) and went 4–0 with a 1.88 earned run average (ERA) and 40 strikeouts as a pitcher.[1] He was drafted by the Houston Astros in the second round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.[2][3] He signed, forgoing his commitment to play college baseball at the University of Miami.[4]

Professional career

Houston Astros

Perez made his professional debut in 2018 with the Gulf Coast Astros, batting .364 over 11 at-bats, and played 2019 with the Tri-City ValleyCats, hitting .188 with seven home runs and 27 RBIs over fifty games.[5] Due to the cancellation of the 2020 Minor League Baseball season because of the COVID-19 pandemic, he did not play for a team.[6] Perez started 2021 with the Fayetteville Woodpeckers before being promoted to the Asheville Tourists and Corpus Christi Hooks.[7] Over 106 games between the three teams, he slashed .291/.354/.495 with 18 home runs, 61 RBIs, and 34 doubles.[8] Perez was selected to the 40-man roster following the season on November 19, 2021.[9]

On April 8, 2022, the Astros called Perez up to the major leagues for the first time and made his MLB debut that night.[10] He spent the remainder of the year in the minor leagues, slashing .290/.359/.417 with 7 home runs and 37 RBI in 83 games for four minor league affiliates.

Perez was optioned to the Triple-A Sugar Land Space Cowboys to begin the 2023 season.[11] In 87 games, he batted .255/.328/.399 with 10 home runs and 47 RBI. On August 1, Perez was designated for assignment following Houston's acquisition of Justin Verlander.[12] He was released by the Astros organization on August 4.[13]

Pittsburgh Pirates

On August 11, 2023, Perez signed a minor league contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.[14]

References
  1. "Archbishop McCarthy's Joe Perez: 2017 All-Broward 6A-2A baseball Player of the Year". Archived from the original on 2021-07-01. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  2. "Astros draft high school third baseman Joe Perez in second round". 13 June 2017. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  3. "Astros sign second-round pick Joe Perez". 27 June 2017.
  4. "Joseph Perez Class of 2017 - Player Profile | Perfect Game USA".
  5. "ValleyCats' Perez finding old form after two-year ordeal". 15 August 2019. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  6. "2020 Minor League Baseball season canceled". MLB.com.
  7. Chandler Rome (2021-06-29). "Astros promote Alex McKenna, Joe Perez to Double-A". Houstonchronicle.com. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  8. "Joe Perez Is Well-Positioned For 2022".
  9. "Astros' Joe Perez: Added to 40-man roster". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  10. Rome, Chandler (April 8, 2022). "Astros call up prospect Joe Perez with Yuli Gurriel on paternity list". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  11. https://www.mlb.com/player/joe-perez-669309
  12. "Astros' Joe Pérez: Moved off 40-man roster". cbssports.com. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  13. "Blake Taylor, Joe Pérez clear waivers, released by Astros". m-houstonchronicle.com. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  14. https://www.mlb.com/transactions/2023/08/11
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