It is not often that a 26 year old former starting shortstop lands with a team on a minor league deal, but that is exactly what happened with José Peraza. The 2018 starting shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds signed with the Mets late in 2020 after a decent, though unspectacular, stint with the Boston Red Sox, where he played all over the diamond.
The issues with Peraza are his defense and his lack of power. Defensively, it appears that his days of playing shortstop may be already over, as he hasn’t been a regular shortstop since starting 152 games at the position in 2018.