Diamondbacks shortstop Geraldo Perdomo made his MLB debut in 2021, and not only has he been a sponge with manager Torey Lovullo en route to a career year in 2025, but he has taken efforts to embody him.

“Even though I’m young, I feel like I have the same mentality of Torey,” Perdomo told Arizona Sports’ Burns & Gambo on Tuesday. “At the end of the day, I know it’s a group, but honestly you got to become a leader … everybody has something here special … like we got Corbin (Carroll), (Ketel) Marte, we got a couple players and when they need to step out, they’re going to do it.

“I feel like I am the only one (that) makes all decisions every single time.”

From taking the blame for mistakes he didn’t make to playing through a bone bruise to standing up for Marte in Colorado earlier this season, Perdomo has truly embodied a leader in Arizona.

“Even if I’m young, I feel like I have the same mentality of Torey (Lovullo).”

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On the field, he’s been irreplaceable. And he’s shattered career highs in virtually every category (with six regular season games still to play).

Here are just a few of those entering Tuesday:

Games played (155 to 148)
At-bats (572 to 431)
Runs scored (96 to 71)
Hits (166 to 100)
Doubles (31 to 21)
Home runs (19 to six)
RBIs (97 to 47)
WAR (6.8 to 3.4)

With all of these high-end marks, especially at his infield position, Perdomo should be a favorite or candidate for NL MVP. However, as point and case with the 25-year-old winning MLB senior insider Jeff Passan’s award for “Best Player You Still Know Nothing About,” Perdomo doesn’t garner nearly as much national press as a Shohei Ohtani or Kyle Schwarber.

Passan listed Perdomo’s MLB ranks in major categories but simplified his whole case as a top player by referencing his wins above replacement.

… Perdomo’s bonanza 2025 can be summed up with wins above replacement — his 6.9 via FanGraphs ranks behind only the three locks and Witt, and Perdomo’s 6.8 via Baseball-Reference comes in third behind only (Aaron) Judge and (Cal) Raleigh. … Take (everything) into account and it adds up to a legitimate case for Perdomo to join the game’s luminaries. He is neither the most well-known star on the Diamondbacks (Carroll) nor even in his own middle infield (Ketel Marte). And that’s fine. The numbers tell his story. And it’s one worth knowing.

Geraldo Perdomo staying true to self, celebrating with former teammates

Perdomo is fully aware of how his club only sits one game back of the third and final NL Wild Card spot entering Tuesday, but that hasn’t masked the way he approaches the game.

“It doesn’t matter if my style or my number is bad or good, I’m going to be the same guy every single day,” Perdomo said. “I need to support my teammate(s).”

With the Los Angeles Dodgers in town for a playoff-like series, Perdomo admitted to having a little extra juice in his step and even took time out of his morning before practice to call Eugenio Suarez, the slugging third baseman who got shipped to the Seattle Mariners at the trade deadline.

“I was talking to Geno early about all the surprise and all the success we’ve had so far through the season,” Perdomo said. “Like nobody expected we’re going to be so close (to making the postseason), and it’s just to show everyone like what God has been doing for us. … It’s been amazing.”

Against L.A. this season, Perdomo is hitting .278 (10-for-36) with three doubles, three RBIs and three walks.

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