There was a baseball game today and we’ll get to that. But I just want to use this opportunity to speak on the unbelievable story of Salvador Perez.
Many of us remember his debut. We remember some of the hype. And the scouting reports that came with his time as a prospect. I don’t have a ton of those reports in front of me, but the general consensus was that he could be a great defender but that there wasn’t a lot of good projection at the plate.
Baseball America’s 2010 report on the Royals top-30 prospects stated that his lack of offensive projection “may just make him a solid backup at the big league level.