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Mets Acquire Michael Perez for Cash Considerations

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The New York Mets have acquired catcher Michael Perez from the Pittsburgh Pirates for cash considerations according to Jon Heyman. Perez was designated for assignment yesterday to make room for outfield Greg Allen on the 40-man roster.

Perez hit .145/.217/.300 in 109 games during his two seasons with the Pirates. He was sharing the catching duties with Tyler Heineman after Roberto Perez was lost for the season, but Michael Perez lost his spot recently to Jason Delay. The Pirates still have three catchers at Indianapolis, but it’s unclear who would be third-string on the Pirates depth chart at this point between Taylor Davis, Carter Bins and Jamie Ritchie. Bins is the only prospect, but Davis has big league time and Ritchie has much more upper level experience, so all three have a good case in the short-term, though none of them are putting up decent numbers on offense.

The Pirates announced the deal, while also noting that Colin Holderman, who was acquired from the Mets yesterday, has been optioned to Indianapolis. He’s been having a lot of big league success, so my guess is that he won’t be down there long.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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