Chatting with Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Hector Perez

Jays Journal’s Reuben Gassee had the opportunity to do an exclusive interview with Blue Jays pitcher Hector Perez.

If you remember about a month ago, I was able to interview Blue Jays minor league pitcher Mitch McKown. A month later, I was more than lucky enough to get an interview with a major league player in Hector Perez.

Perez was signed as an international free agent by the Houston Astros back in 2014. He was part of the package sent over to the Blue Jays in exchange for Roberto Osuna at the 2018 trade deadline.

In his minor league career, he went 23-18 with a 3.57 ERA over 109 games (79 starts) with 508 strikeouts, and 364 hits given up for an opponent average of .220. This season, Perez…