Marlins has officially selected top leads Eury Pérez for both active team and 40 people. The 20-year-old right winger will start the match against the Red Devils tonight. To make room for Perez on the list, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald note that the club has designated right-handers Chi Chi Gonzalez for the task.
This move is not surprising at all, as Perez’s awaited promotion opportunity has been cancelled. report earlier this week. As one of the top 10 consensual leads in the entire sport, Perez will skip the Triple-A level entirely and make his MLB debut less than a month after celebrating his 20th birthday. me. So far this season, Perez has achieved an ERA of 2.32, a 35.9% hit rate and a 51.6% hit rate across six starts at the Double-A level.
Making way on the list for Perez is Gonzalez, a former Rangers pick in the first round of the 2013 draft. Gonzalez made his MLB debut in 2015, but for seven seasons in the major leagues struggled to get there. got his former top prospect promise, with a career ERA of 5.64 in 287 1/3 innings. Primarily used as a starter throughout most of his career, Gonzalez has enjoyed some success with the Marlins as a reliever in 2023, albeit only by a microscopic sample. In 2 2/3 innings against Miami this season, Gonzalez has let it happen once with four hits while hitting two and going one.
If Gonzalez is not asked for an exemption, he will have the option of refusing a transfer outright for the minor leagues, both as a player with more than three years of service and as a player. Player has received a quest completely in the past.
