{"id":546110,"date":"2026-01-30T16:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T16:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/546110\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T16:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T16:41:15","slug":"braves-martin-perez-agree-to-minor-league-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/546110\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves, Mart\u00edn P\u00e9rez Agree To Minor League Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Braves and left-hander Mart\u00edn P\u00e9rez<\/a> have agreed to a minor league deal, reports Aram Leighton of Just Baseball<\/a>. The Octagon client will presumably be in major league camp in spring training.<\/p>\n

P\u00e9rez, 35 in April, is coming off a mostly lost season due to injury. He signed a one-year, $5MM pact with the White Sox to serve as a veteran innings eater on the rebuilding club. That didn\u2019t work out as the southpaw was on the injured list by mid-April for inflammation in his throwing elbow. Shortly thereafter, he was diagnosed with a flexor strain and it was questionable whether he would make it back from the IL.<\/p>\n

The veteran did eventually come back in August but landed back on the IL in September due to a shoulder strain. Around the IL stints, he gave the White Sox 56 innings with a 3.54 earned run average, 19.3% strikeout rate, 9.6% walk rate and 39% ground ball rate.<\/p>\n

For most of his career, P\u00e9rez has been a finesse lefty. His fastball has never averaged more than 94.2 miles per hour and has usually been a tick or two below that. He was in the 91-92 mph range in 2023 and 2024. He dropped down below 90 in 2025 but the injuries may have played a part in that. He has a six-pitch mix with a four-seamer, sinker, cutter, slider, curveball and changeup.<\/p>\n

He has mostly been able to provide passable results. In his 1,631 2\/3 career innings, he has a 4.41 ERA despite striking out just 16.3% of batters faced. His 8.3% walk rate is around average and his 48.4% ground ball rate is a few ticks better than par. He managed to get his ERA down to 2.89 with the Rangers in 2022, and parlayed that into a $19.65MM qualifying offer for 2023, which he accepted. But that campaign looks like a clear outlier, as he was back in the 4.50 ERA range for the next two seasons.<\/p>\n

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