{"id":2155,"date":"2010-12-05T10:55:28","date_gmt":"2010-12-05T16:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=2155"},"modified":"2010-12-05T11:21:54","modified_gmt":"2010-12-05T17:21:54","slug":"texas-rangers-prospects-martin-perez-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2155","title":{"rendered":"Texas Rangers Prospects: Martin Perez (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/martin-perez.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2156\" title=\"martin-perez\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/martin-perez-300x271.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/martin-perez-300x271.jpg 300w, http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/martin-perez.jpg 625w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Texas Rangers have made it clear that they will do everything in their power to re-sign starting pitcher <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/leecl02.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Cliff  Lee<\/a><\/strong> this off-season.\u00a0 While signing Lee would obviously be the ideal outcome for the reigning American League Champions, there is no reason to believe that the Rangers should live-or-die by him, especially with a prospect like <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/minors\/player.cgi?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;id=perez-011mar\">Martin  Perez<\/a><\/strong> surging through the Minor Leagues.\u00a0 And while there is an inherent <a href=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/1827\" target=\"_blank\">risk in signing<\/a> the 32-year old Lee \u2013 as there is with signing any 32-year old pitcher \u2013 the left-handed Perez is just 20-years old and already has a full Double-A season under his belt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Ranked by Baseball America as the 86<sup>th<\/sup> best prospect in all of baseball headed into the 2009 season, Perez had his most outstanding Minor League season(5-5, 2.31 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 0.3 HR\/9, and 10.1 K\/9 in 93.2 IP) while playing for Single-A Hickory.\u00a0 At 18-years of age, Perez\u2019s impressive season was recognized with a promotion to Double-A Frisco, to round out the season.<\/p>\n<p>Perez also garnered similar praise from Baseball America, as they rated him the 17<sup>th<\/sup> best prospect headed into the 2010 season.\u00a0\u00a0 However, in his first full season at Double-A, Perez hit the first speed bump of his young career, going 5-8 with 5.96 ERA and a 1.68 WHIP while starting 23 games and hurling 99.2 innings for Frisco.\u00a0 Also concerning was the fact that Perez posted a 1.1 HR\/9 and 4.5 BB\/9, both of which were the highest of his career.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, as the 2011 season approaches it will be interesting to see whether Nolan Ryan and the Texas Rangers have a defined plan for Perez.\u00a0 Although he will most likely start his second straight season in Double-A, it wouldn\u2019t surprise me if the young left-hander were called up by the Rangers in the wake of an injury or trade.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a video of Perez warming up in the bullpen prior to a start with Double-A Frisco in August, 2009:<\/p>\n<p><center><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/oFLntvBpSSY?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/oFLntvBpSSY?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Texas Rangers have made it clear that they will do everything in their power to re-sign starting pitcher Cliff Lee this off-season.\u00a0 While signing Lee would obviously be the ideal outcome for the reigning American League Champions, there is no reason to believe that the Rangers should live-or-die by him, especially with a prospect 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