Williams Pérez

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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Pérez and the second or maternal family name is Montes.
Williams Pérez
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Pérez with the Atlanta Braves in 2016 spring training
Atlanta Braves – No. 57
Pitcher
Born: (1991-05-21) May 21, 1991 (age 33)
Acarigua, Portuguesa, Venezuela
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 8, 2015, for the Atlanta Braves
MLB statistics
(through May 21, 2016)
Win–loss record 9–7
Earned run average 4.58
Strikeouts 89
Teams

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]

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.[9] During his minor league career, however, Pérez was known as a ground ball pitcher.[10] Perez has continued to be a ground-ball pitcher at the major-league level, posting a ground-ball rate of 50.9% in 2015,[11] compared to a league-average rate of 45.3%.[12]

References

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  11. ↑ http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=11592&position=P
  12. ↑ 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

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