Every five games, Pérez Day comes around, and every five games, I find myself wondering: “Is this the start where Pérez finally comes undone, and regresses back to his career norms?”
This is a little unfair to Martín Pérez, who by the numbers had the best ERA among the members of the rotation entering today’s game (also tied for 2nd in FIP with Garrett Richards, behind Nate Eovaldi).
Pérez didn’t do much in the first inning to shake my bias however, as he gave up a single and a walk to put runners on first and second to face the heart of the Blue Jays order with no outs.