Comments on: Top 50 Jays Prospects, Jays Journal Edition: #8 Carlos Perez

By: aaforpm

aaforpm — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 02:00:12 +0000

I know that everyone on this site and all other Jays’ sites loves this kid but every time I see a clip of him hitting it looks like he has very little bat speed and tries to swing around everything, sort of as though he is trying to hook every pitch – it’s the sort of swing you often see on switch hitters that are used to all pitches from opposite-arm pitchers coming toward them but I’ve never seen a dedicated left or right handed hitter succeed with that approach. Andy Laroche is a good example of this sort of swing from a right handed hitter. Devon White used to do it as a switch hitter.

By: allstev

allstev — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 04:22:39 +0000

Our most exciting prospect in my mind, I have no problem with the ranking mind you, he is still very young. With the athleticism he already displays..above average speed , strong arm..if he starts to develop power, I wonder if the hit tool won’t be too special to leave to the wear and tear of the position. Especially with d’Arnound, and JPA ahead of him in the depth chart. Nonetheless I see a huge breakout year in full season ball coming for him…I’m going to predict he’s a top 10 talent on the prospect lists next offseason, the pundits are already excited about him, he takes another step forward, and everyone will be talking about him.

By: Mylegacy

Mylegacy — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 01:04:41 +0000

Perez as well as D’Arnaud, Jimenez and JPA will ALL be able to play other positions as well as catch. A couple of these guys might end up behind the plate and a couple of them might end up somewhere else around the diamond.

I wouldn’t be at all surprised if all four were playing in TO at the same time in the not too distant future.

By: Mat Germain

Mat Germain — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:16:26 +0000

Thanks for the comment Tarun, and you very well could be right, but I think that we need to see what he can do over a full season before we throw that high an accolade towards him.

We still put him in well within the top 10, so I think it stands to reason that a few all-star games could be his way. Still, to suggest that we should place him ahead of the PCL MVP, amongst others, may be a little quick to the trigger. In order to make it to an all-star game, Perez will have to beat out the likes of Joe Mauer, Matt Wieters, Carlos Santana, Jesus Montero, Gary Sanchez, Tyler Flowers, Hank Conger, and that’s after having to displace both J.P. Arencibia, Travis D’Arnaud, and possibly AJ Jimenez. Needless to say that placing him in all-star games becomes a pretty lofty expectation when you hear those names and he hasn’t played a full-season. Could he do it? For sure. And if we didn’t believe he could, we wouldn’t have him this high in the rankings!

He’ll be one of the guys we keep the closest eye on this season, and I expect he will be within the top 5 Jays prospects in 2011 to be sure, along with a ton of pitching prospects that are set to light the Jays prospect world afire!

By: Tarun

Tarun — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 23:57:46 +0000

I think your selling Perez a bit short in his Ultimate Ceiling Prediction. I think it should be more like Occasional All Star Catcher. I mean where really is his weakness as a prospect? Everyone will point at HR but for those looking closely they will see his ISO Power numbers have increased every year since he started Pro which suggests that as he fills out all his doubles and triples will start clearing the fence.

In my mind he is the 3rd best Jays prospect behind Zach Stewart and Lawrie. In fact I would even go on the record to say by the time Perez is 23 he will challenge Baseball America’s Top Prospect in the entire Minor Leagues.