Kansas Metropolis Royals catcher/first baseman Salvador Perez has had a tremendous profession.
He gained the World Collection with the Royals in 2015, and was the MVP of that Fall Traditional.
He has gone to eight All-Star Video games, gained 5 Gold Gloves, and 4 Silver Slugger awards.
Perez hit his seventh dwelling run of the season on Thursday in opposition to the Toronto Blue Jays, and is on a extremely good tempo.
He now has 253 profession lengthy balls, and he’s at an excellent age nonetheless.
The entire bundle of achievements and the actual fact he’s nonetheless enjoying at a excessive degree prompted a well-known MLB insider to make a robust declare.
Salvador Pérez is a future Corridor of Famer.
Whereas some folks would possibly assume it’s a moderately daring declare, Perez definitely seems to be on his method to placing collectively a robust case for being in Cooperstown someday.
253 dwelling runs for a catcher is a implausible output, and although he now performs some first base, he’s nonetheless primarily a backstop.
He would possibly nonetheless must accumulate another totals for extra severe consideration, although: he has 1,443 hits, so he may use some extra to pad his case.
Whereas his .763 OPS for his profession shouldn’t be extremely excessive, it’s very stable for a catcher.
Voters will certainly have a enjoyable debate on their arms when it’s time for Perez to be eligible for the Corridor.