{"id":20224,"date":"2024-12-23T00:13:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T00:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=20224"},"modified":"2024-12-23T00:13:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T00:13:50","slug":"cubs-sign-carlos-perez-to-minor-league-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=20224","title":{"rendered":"Cubs Sign Carlos P\u00e9rez To Minor League Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<header>By Nick Deeds | <time datetime=\"2024-12-22T14:31:58-06:00\">December 22, 2024<\/time> at <time datetime=\"2024-12-22T14:31:58-06:00\">2:31pm CDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<p>The Cubs have signed veteran catcher <strong><strong>Carlos P\u00e9rez<\/strong><\/strong> to a minor league deal, according to the transactions tracker on P\u00e9rez\u2019s MLB.com profile page. The deal presumably includes an invite to MLB Spring Training.<\/p>\n<p>P\u00e9rez, 34, should not be confused with his younger brother and fellow catcher <strong>Carlos P\u00e9rez<\/strong>, who is currently a free agent but played parts of two MLB seasons with the White Sox. The elder P\u00e9rez signed with the Blue Jays out of Venezuela before making his pro debut in 2008 and has spent parts of five seasons in the majors since then. A well-regarded defensive catcher, P\u00e9rez made his big league debut with the Angels back in 2015 but slashed just .224\/.267\/.332 (64 wRC+) in 595 plate appearances across 184 games and three seasons in Anaheim. P\u00e9rez split the 2018 season between the Braves and Rangers but made it into just 28 games while posting a ghastly -4 wRC+ in 75 trips to the plate.<\/p>\n<p>After that lackluster showing in 2018, P\u00e9rez shuffled between the Orioles, A\u2019s, and Rockies systems over the years before finally resurfacing in the majors last year at the age of 32. The 2023 campaign was arguably the best of P\u00e9rez\u2019s career as he served as Oakland\u2019s primary backup behind <strong>Shea Langeliers<\/strong>. His .226\/.293\/.357 slash line in 68 games for the A\u2019s was well below league average (83 wRC+) overall but roughly on par with the expectations associated with a typical big league backup. P\u00e9rez returned to the A\u2019s on a minor league deal last winter but did not ultimately crack the club\u2019s big league roster this year despite hitting quite well at Triple-A. In 112 games with the club\u2019s Las Vegas affiliate, P\u00e9rez slashed a strong .260\/.344\/.544 with 27 homers and 27 doubles. Those numbers are inflated by the offense-friendly environment of the Pacific Coast League, but even when adjusted for that environment are still good for a 114 wRC+ at the level.<\/p>\n<p>P\u00e9rez elected minor league free agency last month in search of greener pastures, which he seems to have found in Chicago. The Cubs appear mostly set at the big league level with a catching tandem of <strong>Carson Kelly<\/strong> and <strong>Miguel Amaya<\/strong>, but it\u2019s possible that P\u00e9rez could be the next man up in the event of an injury, earning a big league opportunity similar to the ones <strong>Christian Bethancourt<\/strong> and <strong>Tom\u00e1s Nido<\/strong> got with the club last year. From Chicago\u2019s perspective, meanwhile, P\u00e9rez offers a non-roster depth option behind the plate who can also serve as a mentor to young pitchers at the Triple-A level like <strong>Cade Horton<\/strong> as well as the club\u2019s top catching prospect, <strong>Mois\u00e9s Ballesteros<\/strong>. Ballesteros reached Triple-A at just 20 years old last year on the power of his exciting bat, but his defensive skills are questionable and it\u2019s not yet clear whether he\u2019ll be able to stick behind the plate in the majors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>View Comments (33)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cubs have signed veteran catcher Carlos P\u00e9rez to a minor league deal, according to the transactions tracker on P\u00e9rez&#8217;s &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":20225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[644],"class_list":["post-20224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-carlos-perez"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cubs Sign Carlos P\u00e9rez To Minor League Deal - 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