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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1813509" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/former-first-rounder-delvin-perez-among-16-cardinals-minor-leaguers-to-elect-free-agency/article_13e577a4-7406-5323-af76-17831e7bf26f.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/Dan%20Guerrero" target="_blank">Daniel Guerrero</a></p><p>Delvin Perez — a 23-year-old shortstop and former first-round draft pick by the Cardinals — was one of 16 minor-leaguers to elect free agency on Friday. The moves were listed on the various Cardinals’ minor-league affiliate transaction pages.</p><p>As a 17-year-old from Puerto Rico, Perez was the No. 23 overall pick in the 2016 MLB draft. He reached the Class AAA level for the first time in his career this past season and played in six seasons within the Cardinals’ farm system. In his minor-league career, he batted .250 with a .322 on-base percentage and a .322 slugging percentage.</p><p>Perez was ranked as high as No. 8 on some draft prospects lists, but a positive test for a performance-enhancing drug that he took to help him add weight before the draft led him to slip down the board far enough for the Cardinals to take him at No. 23. He received a $2.2-million bonus.</p><p></p><p>In 2017, <em>Baseball America</em> ranked Perez as the third-best prospect in the Cardinals system and, three years later, he was rated as having the best infield arm. But offensive struggles this past season and the rise of another shortstop prospect in Masyn Winn added obstacles in a potential path to the majors for the Puerto Rico native.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1813509, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/former-first-rounder-delvin-perez-among-16-cardinals-minor-leaguers-to-elect-free-agency/article_13e577a4-7406-5323-af76-17831e7bf26f.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/Dan%20Guerrero']Daniel Guerrero[/URL] Delvin Perez — a 23-year-old shortstop and former first-round draft pick by the Cardinals — was one of 16 minor-leaguers to elect free agency on Friday. The moves were listed on the various Cardinals’ minor-league affiliate transaction pages. As a 17-year-old from Puerto Rico, Perez was the No. 23 overall pick in the 2016 MLB draft. He reached the Class AAA level for the first time in his career this past season and played in six seasons within the Cardinals’ farm system. In his minor-league career, he batted .250 with a .322 on-base percentage and a .322 slugging percentage. Perez was ranked as high as No. 8 on some draft prospects lists, but a positive test for a performance-enhancing drug that he took to help him add weight before the draft led him to slip down the board far enough for the Cardinals to take him at No. 23. He received a $2.2-million bonus. In 2017, [I]Baseball America[/I] ranked Perez as the third-best prospect in the Cardinals system and, three years later, he was rated as having the best infield arm. But offensive struggles this past season and the rise of another shortstop prospect in Masyn Winn added obstacles in a potential path to the majors for the Puerto Rico native. [/QUOTE]
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