Robert Perez?

[patrick.o]

Does anyone know anything about this guy? He's playing OF for the Clippers and his numbers so far are really impressive:

PLAYER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB SLG% OBP%
------ --- - -- - - -- -- -- -- --- -- --

Perez .328 28 116 18 38 72 7 3 7 23 3 21 6 .621 .358


He's had 477 AB with Tor., Sea., and Mon. since '94, batting .256 with 8 HRs. His best season in the bigs was with Tor. in '96, when in 202 ABs he batted .327 with 21 RBI, 10 2B, and 30 runs scored.
I wonder what has made this 31 year olds' bat come alive this season?

[Jim F.]

Hitting in front of Nick Johnson can't do much but help him...

-jim

[Gator]

Sounds like a 4-A player. Either that, or he plays horrible defense.

[UWSgirl]

He was in Spring Training in Tampa. I think he was a non-roster invite.

[Sillycon]

There's a difference in the pitchers you face in the minors as opposed to the ones you face in the major leagues...

Ryan Thompson had very gaudy stats last year at Columbus...

[M&M61]

It seems to me this guy done well in st also.

[Mr. Mxylsplk]

He's been around awhile - the Yanks got him because he was a six-year minor league free agent. He'd done well in the Blue Jays organization, and was an all-star in the Southern League (whatever level that is) either last year or the year before. Seems talented, but he's not a young prospect.

[TEAM OCTOBER]

Can he play CF ?

Because Mike Coleman can't even hit a Single A curveball let alone a Major League one.

This guy is useless.

[Mr. Mxylsplk]

He played CF yesterday.