Wilfredo Perez

[DoobyDoo]

He's been ridiculously good so far for Delmarva:

0.77 ERA, 11.2 IP, 3 H, 1 HRA, 4 BB, 21 K

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Perez%252C%2520W%2520&pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=471177

He's been in our system for a couple of years and has always put up good numbers. What's the deal with this guy?

http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/P/Wilfrido-Perez.shtml

[NoVaO]

I had him on my "early potential list" when we did those last year. His peripherals are very good. A move to the bullpen seems to have made those peripherals even better. He is definitely intriguing. I believe he has had injury issues in the past, however. Also, looking at his splits in a very small sample size, he seems to get a lot of GBs, which is also good.

[blazer]

Injuries seem to be the only thing holding him back from being a solid prospect. If he can stay healthy the rest of the season and continue to put up solid numbers, he should rise up the prospect rankings significantly.

Tony or Dr.Shorebird, do you have any information on what kind of stuff Perez has?

[Ruzious]

His WHIPs were mediocre his first 2 years - kinda surprising considering the SO ratios.

[DrShorebird]

Tony or Dr.Shorebird, do you have any information on what kind of stuff Perez has?

I asked Pitching Coach Keenie Steenstra. Perez has four good pitches including a sharp breaking curve. However, his most effective pitch is his change-up. There's a big difference between the velocity of his fast ball and the change-up. It causes the batters to adjust their swing speed (thus the ground balls) and it makes his fast ball seem faster.

[NoVaO]

Bumping this thread.

Perez continues to dominate batters.

24 innings, 13.88 K/9, 2.25 W/9, 6.17 K:BB, 3.63:1 GB:FB ratio, 3 H/9

I'm glad I put him on my early guys to watch list last year :002_sbiggrin:

He is reminding me of a left handed Paul Estrada, who was #8 on BA's Astros top 10 list. Similar paths to the points of where they are now and similar dominance at the lower levels of the minors at similar ages.

I'm also glad we are developing guys who can get hitters out from both sides of the plate and have the ability to go more than 1 inning.

[Mackus]

Bumping this thread.

Perez continues to dominate batters.

24 innings, 13.88 K/9, 2.25 W/9, 6.17 K:BB, 3.63:1 GB:FB ratio, 3 H/9

Holy crap, those are fantastic numbers.

However, he's already 23 and only at Delmarva. We definitely need to move him up and see how he can do at higher levels. If he's gonna be a real relief prospect he'll need to be to at least Bowie by the end of the season.

[NoVaO]

Holy crap, those are fantastic numbers.

However, he's already 23 and only at Delmarva. We definitely need to move him up and see how he can do at higher levels. If he's gonna be a real relief prospect he'll need to be to at least Bowie by the end of the season.

Well, not quite. He is still 22 (23 in mid August), but I agree he should move up soon. Once short season ball begins, I would move him up.

And one more stat I forgot to add - .38 HR/9...which isn't surprising considering he gets a lot of GBs.

[Mackus]

Well, not quite. He is still 22 (23 in mid August), but I agree he should move up soon. Once short season ball begins, I would move him up.

And one more stat I forgot to add - .38 HR/9...which isn't surprising considering he gets a lot of GBs.Oops, I read April, not August.

[blazer]

This kid is an exciting prospect, but has had injury issues his first few seasons. Last year he was limited to 24 innings in 7 games (5 started), when he started off great for about a month and then missed the rest of the SA season with Aberdeen. He started this season about a month late as well. If he can get promoted to Fredrick and complete that level this year, starting at Bowie next year at 23 years old would keep him right on track.

[NoVaO]

Bump

The guy is still going strong and his stats don't appear to have suffered by pitching deeper into games.

13.02 K/9, 3.10 BB/9, 6.20 H/9, 59% GB%

Compared to the rest of the Sally League, of pitchers with 20 or more innings, he is 5th in K% (34.7), and among the 20 or so players with a >30% K%, he is 3rd or 4th in BB% and 3rd in GB%. Making it more impressive is that he averages over 2 innings per relief appearance.

Overall, I really like the relief prospects we are developing.

For instance, Hoey in AA, with pitchers with at least 15 innings of work, he is 3rd in K% (38.9%) and his walk % is among the best with just a 5.6% BB%.

In AAA, Hoey is third in K% (38.7) (BTW, Winston Abreu is first, striking out 47.7% of the batters he faced). His BB% is just 6.7. Doyne is at 29.6% and 8.6%, also very good.

There are more guys to like, but these three guys really stand out to me.