CALL-UPS: June 3-9, 2013

Contributing writers: Jeremy Deloney (JD), Chris Mallonee (CM), and Colby Garrapy (CG).

June 9, 2013

Juan Perez (OF, SF)
Perez, 26, gets his first callup with Angel Pagan (OF,SF) being placed on the 15-Day DL. Perez was drafted as a juco player in the 13th round of the '08 draft, but had spent some time away from baseball, not starting his professional career until 23 years old. He had mixed results before repeating Double-A in '12 posting 11 HR, 12 SB and a .302/.341/.441 slash line. From a skills standpoint, speed and defense are Perez's calling card. However, he's shown nice BA trend the last couple of seasons, even as the competition has gotten tougher. He's also begun to show some nice pop (9 HR in 57g this year). Perez has always...

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