The Yankees are promoting outfield prospect Everson Pereira before tomorrow’s series opener against the Nationals, reports Jack Curry of the YES Network (Twitter link). Infielder Oswald Peraza is also being recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, according to Curry. Both players are already on the 40-man roster, so New York will only need to make corresponding active roster transactions.
Pereira, 22, is headed to the majors for the first time. A native of Venezuela, he was one of the better prospects in the 2017-18 international signing class. While he didn’t have particularly flashy tools, he landed a $1.5MM bonus based on his advanced offensive ability and the chance to stick in center field. He has lived up to that billing by producing at every minor league stop, typically against older competition.
Early-career injuries and the pandemic cancelation of the 2020 minor league campaign meant Pereira didn’t reach full season ball until 2021. He played well enough there for the Yankees to add him to the 40-man roster at year’s end to ensure another club didn’t take him as a developmental flier in the Rule 5 draft. He spent most of last season in High-A, earning a brief look late in the year with Double-A Somerset.
Optioned back to Somerset to open 2023, Pereira hit .291/.362/.545 in 46 games. The Yankees bumped him to Scranton in early July and he’s responded with a .312/.386/.551 showing through 35 contests. Between the top two minor league levels, he has a .300/.373/.548 line over 343 plate appearances. He has connected on 18 home runs and stolen 11 bases in 13 attempts.
Despite the lofty batting average, Pereira hasn’t been an elite contact hitter. He’s gone down on strikes at a lofty 28.6% clip on the season. Pereira has hit for power and walked at a solid 9.3% rate to post strong numbers overall, though prospect evaluators have expressed concern about the swing-and-miss in his game.
Pereira has split his defensive work almost evenly between the three outfield spots. Scouting reports peg him as a viable if unexceptional center fielder. The Yankees figure to break him in at left field alongside Aaron Judge and Harrison Bader. They’ve given most of their left field work of late to Jake Bauers. The left-handed hitter had started his Yankee tenure well but has fallen into a .178/.247/.370 funk while striking out over 43% of the time since the All-Star Break.
Peraza has been on and off the MLB roster on a few occasions. A highly-regarded prospect in his own right, he’s hitting .268/.357/.479 in 63 Triple-A contests on the year. Peraza has scuffled in scattershot MLB time this season but had an impressive 18-game debut in 2022.
The impressive upper minors numbers for each player gets them a look on a free-falling New York club. The Yankees have dropped eight straight and sit at 60-64 after being swept by the Red Sox over the weekend. They’re 26-40 since the start of June and almost certainly going to miss the postseason for the first time in seven years.
Perhaps the promotions of Pereira and Peraza can inject some life into a struggling offense, but their calls seem more about evaluating the 2024 roster. They’re each highly-regarded young players who could plausibly play regular roles next season. Brendan Kuty of the Athletic tweets that both are expected to be everyday players for the stretch run. New York has had no stability in left field all season. Bader and Isiah Kiner-Falefa (who has taken over as the primary third baseman) are impending free agents.
Pereira and Peraza each appear on the back half of Baseball America’s recent Top 100 prospects update. Kiley McDaniel of ESPN included Pereira as an honorable mention behind his own Top 50 refresh. While Peraza will exceed rookie eligibility at season’s end, Pereira will remain rookie eligible so long as he takes fewer than 130 MLB at-bats. As with a number of other recent prospect promotions, that could be a meaningful distinction.
Teams that carry a prospect who appears on two of three Top 100 lists at Baseball America, ESPN and MLB Pipeline for a full service year during their rookie seasons can receive a bonus draft choice under the Prospect Promotion Incentive. Pereira isn’t necessarily a lock to meet that prospect standard but certainly has a chance to qualify, particularly if he plays well down the stretch. If he does and the Yankees carry him on next year’s Opening Day roster, he could earn them an extra draft choice with a Rookie of the Year win or top-three finish in MVP balloting during his pre-arbitration seasons.
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Calling up Peraza and Pereira is probably the best move they’ve made since the trade deadline passed where they didn’t add anything they needed. This sure beats the Yankees’s “analytically-driven” lineup they’ve trotting out all year. About time!
If you dont think Pereira and Peraza fit those same analytics, you havent been paying attention.
@acoss13- Yes a great move calling up these talented prospects when the season is over! Lol. I wish I could agree with you here, truthfully. Pereira, Peraza, Florial and Wells should of been called up months ago when there was an ACTUAL season going on.
Frustrating to watch Cashman, once again, shuffle through the deck of cast-off cards looking for a winner. Maybe you can fill one hole like that, but you can’t fill five. And if they weren’t trying at all, then sell for whatever you can get the six players who will be free agents next year. None of them will get a QO
You’re full of nonsense. Tell us what you would do right now?
Cashman also getting a lot of heat for having budget constraints. He was not able to add at trade deadline because there is a directive from ownership to stay below the next tax threshold. Not his fault.
That says it all
Wow just wondering why it took this long truthfully? Not sure why Austin Wells and Estevan Florial weren’t called up also? It’s definitely time to part ways with Franchy Cordero and Greg Allen. Good riddance!
Indeed
Now promote Florial as well and let them all play. See what they got. Season is over.
Florial is a bust
Can’t be worse than McKinney or Bauers
@Persky Exactly. I’m not saying he isn’t likely a bust I’m just saying he deserves a shot given the Yankees current circumstances.
Bauers needs to stay until Rizzo gets back.
Buzz, I agree to give him a shot. 50 scattered ABs isn’t a fair test. At the very least he plays great defense and would certainly be much better than McKinney or Bauers in the OF. Maybe with Pereira getting the call they feel like they dont have a spot for him for everyday ABs. Unless they shut Judge down or sit Stanton.
@Perksy I’d go easy on Judge and use Stanton and Bader less. No point in putting Judge out in the field or using him everyday at this point until his toe is 100% healed. Stanton isn’t good and Bader is a defensive stud but an upcoming free agent who is injury prone.
You’re seriously mistaken as he was never given a true chance to prove himself. Florial put up far better numbers than Volpe cared to dream and at AAA level. Florial I believe got like 50-60 at bats and not consistent playing time. He deserves at least a 300-400 at bat showcase and he will be better than any other OF they throw out there other than Judge. Yankees are rotting him in AAA due to analytics crap as hecwill strike outva ton just like Volpe with power defense and speed
You are right. The details are that he got 25 PAs in 2021 and looked like an All Star. Then he got 35 PAs in 2022 and crapped the bed.
Thats right. 50 scattered at bats, across multiple seasons, is not getting a fair shot, in my opinion
This is definitely the time to give Florial his chance.
I don’t expect him to stick if he gets called up. He has too long of a swing that will get exploited by major league pitching.
@Dr2022 This is Florial’s third year in AAA with a 30% K-rate. His plate disciplined hasn’t improved at all while still swinging and missing at balls. Him passing through waivers earlier in the season is pretty telling of what other teams also think of him. He’s not going to help the Yankees.
@davidk1979- Not really, you are a bust. And your basing this on 500 at bats? Exactly your not, less then 87 at bats for Florial in his career, so your comments make Zero sense, truthfully. Give a player a chance! Smh
The Yankees won’t add players to the 40-man roster as it would count against the tax.
Yes, finally. Bring ’em all up. Heck, get Dominguez up too. Bauers and McKinney gave a few flashes, but time to see the real prospects, not the Greg Allens and Ben Rortveldts..
@Doug- Nah don’t expect to see Dominguez, crazy! My thinking you will see the Martian either right before or after the All-Star break next season. The Yankees gotta make sure he’s ready, we saw that Volpe wasn’t really ready when the season started, he definitely needed some more time at AAA. Mid to late May would of been better to bring up AV.
They did promote Dominguez to AAA though. Hope to see him next year. He has looked really good the last two months.
He certainly has Joe, we will be excited to see him sometime next season! Hopefully he’ll be ready for centerfield by mid season. We’ll see.
Should have been done August 1st (Wells too) when they needed some help, but it’s better than September 1. Let’s see what the kids can do, if anything. Can’t be any worse than this sad sack lineup.
Thats right. what’s the point of continuing to watch the Billy McKinney‘s, Greg Allen’s, Luis Severino‘s, what are we going to learn from watching their continued futility. Nothing. They’re not winning either.
And by the way, should have been done months ago. This front office has the slowest brain function I have ever seen
Dr they’re slow to do these things because Cashman’s ego is too big. He just can’t bring himself to admitting he made a mistake.
Of course you are right Joe. And in my estimation, and I should know, he’s not particularly bright. Even though he thinks he is. And that’s a dangerous combination. You don’t know what you don’t know
Yes Dr, I couldn’t agree with you more, you’re 100% correct, and great call!
Same to you Capt
Hey Dr, I wish you could be the new Yankees Dr, so we would really know who was actually healthy or injured on this roster, these quacks got to go xtra pronto, my friend!
Thanks for the vote of confidence captain. You know what they say, great minds think alike
Took NYY 3 wasted weeks to assess the same situation Cohen across the Whitestone did. Only NYY didn’t get prospects for dead wood contracts and fading names.
Uhhh, you have to take the Triborough Bridge to get to the Stadium from the Mets’ place.
The RFK (Triborough), the Whitestone, and the Throgs Neck will all take you to Queens lol. You should consult your GPS before making the journey. Stick to NJ buddy.
Wrong, Whitestone goes right there
The most direct route between Yankee Stadium and Citi Field involves the Triborough Bridge. That is something any native New Yorker can tell you (and I happen to be one).
I am aware of this, but your claim is that you have to take the Triborough bridge, which is not true. As the previous poster also indicated, going over the Whitestone Bridge is a pretty direct route right to citi field. We can probably drop this argument here as I’m not really against you. I am also a native New Yorker that grew up in close proximity to the Whitestone bridge and Citi Field (and Shea) so that’s where my prejudice lies.
Lol let’s add more “kids” to the lineup. Let’s let them have lackluster play and lose trade value like our other top prospects have……cough cough….. Volpe and Cabrera.
What does trade value have to do with Volpe? He’s going nowhere and does have a 3.3 WAR as a rookie. That’s something to build off of. He basically skipped AAA. The Yankees got 99 problems but Volpe ain’t one.
Excellent point Joe! He’s going nowhere.
You’ve got that right Joe. yanks have questions at practically every spot on the field. Including the rotation, after Gerrit Cole.
Even Aaron Judge is a? The next year, with his toe. And Holmes is no closer, he crumbles in higher leverage situation’s time after time
So yes, short stop is the last thing to worry about.
.217 .293 126ks 11 errors yeah I’d say Volpe isn’t one of the 99 problems lol. Fits right into the mold the Yankees are going for.
Way to cherry pick stats, Larry. While Volpe’s bat has been on the underwhelming side (but has been better in August), his defense has been quite solid which is evidenced by being 2nd in the MLB for Defensive WAR (among other stats). Using a counting stat like errors without also noting that he’s logged the most games at SS in the league is pretty thoughtless.
DFA all the free agents and bring the kids to MLB. Pitchers, catcher, outfield and infield from minors to see what happens.
I’m going to go ahead and be that guy here and say, as an Orioles fan, I’m enjoying everything about this season! Hope the Yanks and their fans have an absolutely splendid offseason!
Orioles haven’t won anything in 40 years. Relax.
And that has absolutely zero to do with this season or the way things are setting up for the next several. Nice try though.
You were just taking a cheap shot at the Yankees. Don’t get too cocky, the Cubs looked like they were going to be good for a decade and basically collapsed after winning it all in 2016.
Orioles are no lock to be in the mix for years to come, especially with their pitching. And, with their inexperience, they’ll most likely be eliminated early in the playoffs this year.
…And the Orioles will continue win nothing, unless you wanna count maybe winning the AL East this season as something? Lolololololol!
you have to forgive some Yankee fans, we are not used to losing, we could use some tutoring with how to deal with it.
Considering every Oriole fan is an expert at losing, it shouldn’t cost us too much for the lessons.
Yes agreed the Orioles and they’re fans are losers, unless you want to count this season? Let’s see how they’ll be next season, before we announce them as King.
That’s right captain. I wouldn’t get too cocky yet if I was an Orioles fan. I don’t see any Frank Robinsons, Boog Powells, brooks robinsons,mike Cuellars, or jim palmers on this team, yet.
Yes Dr, the days of Jim Palmer are gone. They could definitely use him right now to win the AL East, and to get to a ALCS. Lol! And Eddie”Don’t you dare interview me” Murray would help them also for they’re playoff drive!
Yes, the great Eddie Murray could help all of us.
Yes definitely Dr, with the bat, but definitely not with postgame interviews. Murray would of gone ape crap with all of that after chatter after the game. Lol.
oriole fans paid their dues and deserve to have some fun. yankees are done so now i’m rooting for an orioles-mariners alcs
Rooting for a Rangers-Astros series, with a Texas sweep. I like the Mariners beating the Orioles in an ALCS, hopefully it goes 7 games. Lol.
O’s going nowhere with that rotation and Redskin…uh..Commies not going anywhere with that QB.
Good, let them play unless they start drowning and it’s obvious they’re in over their heads. They should recall Florial too and give him the last 35+ games left to adjust to MLB pitching. Playing Greg Allen or Billy McKinney over him is just plain ridiculous.
At least they’ve finally recognized they aren’t going anywhere this year. About time.
It’s obvious they didn’t want the backlash that would have come from calling up only one Venezuelan
How about Cole, getting hit by Boston ? He blames it on cheating. Boston has been up and down all year . If they are cheating , then they sure aren’t doing it right. Take accountability Cole you got hit
Cole has a history of pitching poorly against Redsox and Devers owns him! As much as I like Cole and the state of this sad franchise Cole likely exercises his opt out after 2024 and I doubt Hal going to commit to another year at $36 million through age 34-38 to keep him when this team is a good 3-4 yrs from contenders.
Yankees fans to this day talking about the trade packages with Andujar
Nah I don’t think so troll, go back to sleep!
Haha, true, and Deivi Garcia.
Pereira promoted: another bad idea from Dumb and Dumber.
Yup, another strikeout prone righty “power hitter.” His presence in the lineup makes the Yankees even easier to pitch to. Another guy who profiles like Stanton hitting with Judge, Torres, Higashioka and Volpe.
And who comes out of the lineup? A left handed bat McKinney or Bauers or Cabrera.
D&D have clearly forgotten that their team plays half its games at Yankee Stadium, tailored to give lefties an advantage.
You can’t make this s&&t up.
Wells should be next
The point is to give Pereira a chance to prove himself now. Why does it matter who comes out of the lineup to give way for him? The Yankees’ season is over. They went a similar route late in 2016 and that wound up being the right decision
It doesn’t matter who comes out, they’re all spare parts that don’t deserve to be on a major league ballclub anyway. it’s addition by subtraction, in my opinion.
Well…the 2 lefties you mentioned aren’t making a dent in that right field short porch….might as well bring up the kids regardless of righty…lefty…
Anthony “The Next Derek Jeter” Volpe; and now Peraza? Can you say BUST?
Pereira has just gone mad since the covid year.
Strikeout prone prospect now receive the silly but goofy wisdom of one Sean Casey.
Good freakin’luck!
For all the griping, along with the obvious point that there’s no guarantee that anyone who comes out of the Yankees drafting and position player development, I’d just say “yay”. Just about any change is likely to be improvement. This is an 89-91 Yankee quality team right now. That’s not praise.
Don’t worry. As long as Yankee fans click the bait, your prospects will be highly ranked by all the sites that rely on fans for their income. The less popular the team, the more accurate the rating. Yankee prospects will continue to be overrated as long as they have the largest market to entice.
Good thing Brian Cashman had some common sense and sold before the trade deadline to add some pieces to an already dwindling prospect pool. Let the guys in AAA get more innings at the Major League level. Great time for a rebuild.
Oh wait a minute….
Small baseball is not the right direction for the Yankees.
It’s better than miniscule baseball, which is the direction they have been going
In the right direction, I think you meant microscopic baseball
And a sign the front office has finally conceded. It’s also the right move.
Hallelujah!!!!
It’s time for big changes at The Stadium. This is not working and it’s shows to everyone it’s not going to work. It’s time to stop and try something different. Cashman on down. Manager coaches everyone. ¾ of the roster as well.
You’re right, the manager does coach everyone.
I messed up again. Didn’t make it first grade level.
@retired/advisory role- Big changes? You mean like a new owner, and a whole new front office? Sounds good to me! Where do I sign up for this? Please let me know, ASAP! Thank you!
If I could snap my fingers and make it happen……I would.
So Boone is getting fired, right?
Hey stop teasing! Can Boone be fired ASAP? That would actually be too good to be true. Please God!
@But It Do- To your mouth to God’s ears!
I doubt it if he wasn’t already fired on Sunday after his meeting with team brass. They’re promoting the kids and punting the season. Losses aren’t going to jeopardize Boone’s job for the rest of the season.
Or ever
Finally, a Yankee thread!!!!! This should be an interesting read.
Not really. We Yankees fans have been calling for this for a while now.
And then there’s always the Yankees haters with their oh so original jokes. They recycle the same garbage enough to make Ralph Nader proud.
It’s funny how Astro trolls gotta continue to troll on Yankee thread! Hoping it will a Texas hold ‘em’ sweep to shut them up for once!
I’m not a troll – I’m actually, generally, an admirer of the Yankees – up until 2021, they were the team I feared the most, and even last year, when we walloped you guys, first series could have gone either way, and pitching to Judge with men on was just a suicide mission. I thought the acquisition of Cole was brilliant, and knew THAT free agent long-term contract would be worth it. I thought the trade for Rizzo was the right thing to do to get you guys away from that idiotic three true outcomes crap; the Bader deal was, I think, a generally good one. Kiner-Falafa has value, and getting Sanchez out of there couldn’t help but help.
I’m not NEARLY as hard on you guys, as you guys are; but the current situation is pretty bad.
More overrated Yankee prospects that will get thrown into ridiculous hypothetical trade packages in the offseason and will get DFA’d in 3 years.
It’s time for Donnie Baseball to come back to the Bronx. The only thing he’s missing is a ring and wants nothing more than to do it as a Yankee. Randolph as his bench coach
Yes it’s funny a friend and I was just talking about this the other day in regards to Donnie becoming the new Yankees manager. Too bad Hal couldn’t sell the Yankees to Derek Jeter. At least we know the Yankees would be more competitive. Cashman has to go, it’s definitely time for a change for sure, that said it’s not happening.
Jeter was the most minority owner of the Fish. No way could he have afforded the most expensive team.
This is Peraza’s last option year correct?
No far from it, Peraza has more options to go back to the minors. It doesn’t matter. I would expect Peraza to make the Yankees next season, out of spring training. He’ll likely be playing 3rd base with DJ, unless the Yankees move Gleyber in the off-season which is definitely possible, since it’s likely he won’t be getting an extension which he definitely deserves. If Torres gets traded Volpe can be switched to 2nd, with Peraza the better defender going to shortstop. We’ll see.
Protected from the Rule 5 draft after 2020. So 2021, 2022 and 2023 were option years for him. Unless he qualifies for a fourth option year this is his last one.
I agree with your astute observations captain. It is unfortunate though, that the Yankees cannot carry a defense only player like peraza is likely to be. Since the rest of the lineup does not hit. If it was other years where the lineup was stacked with hitters, a player like that would be a fine addition. So let’s hope the Peraza can contribute with the bat as well. That is what he has to prove. Hopefully they will give him enough of a chance.
The ugly truth is the Yankees minor league system has no great prospects at all. All of our young prospects are overhyped. When we bring them up they don’t produce and everyone is disappointed. Our scouting has been putrid for the past 10 years.
@RonV- Yeah you are absolutely correct, hopefully the Martian changes that some time in the middle of the year next season. I would say Dominguez will be somewhere in between Julio Rodriguez and Juan Soto with the bat. Expect power, speed, and great defense from the switch hitter who could play anywhere in the outfield.
Might as well play the kids at this point and give em some seasoning. The next six weeks are basically spring training anyways.
Mark this day in proud Yankees history as the 2nd coming of Jeter & Williams Lolololololololololol Afraid reason they weren’t brought up sooner was because behind closed doors they’re not that good, typical Manhattan prospect overhyped con job, now by exposing em everyone will kno, what in the world type of evidence does cash-man have on Steinbrenners that allows em to keep his job …
too little….too late (the Cashman Mantra)
Collectively, the organization does not have enough brain cells to carry out the job that has been assigned to them.
Pereira is not ready yet. They are rushing him just like they did to Volpe.