JUAN PEREZ

9/3/78; NDFA '98 (Boston); Dominican Republic
R/L; 6-0, 170

Level	W-L-Sv	G	GS	IP	H	BB	K	ERA
1999 R (Bos)	6-6-0	13	13	69.2	38	30	107	1.94
2000 R (Bos)	3-1-1	9	5	34.1	24	13	43	2.36
2001 A (Bos)	8-8-0	26	25	125.2	118	42	113	3.58
2002 A+ (Bos)	0-6-0	16	14	66.2	71	19	39	3.78
2003 AA (Bos)	3-3-0	18	18	30.2	37	11	24	3.82
2003 A+ (Bos)	3-4-18	33	0	38.0	34	12	37	2.37
2004 AA (Bos)	5-1-6	46	0	78.1	72	37	79	4.14

Level	W-L-Sv	G	GS	IP	H	BB	K	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG
2005 AAA (Bos)	4-5-1	40	1	62.0	61	29	74	4.50
2006 AAA (NYM)	0-1-0	43	0	63.0	65	34	55	2.86	.266

The Pirates claimed Perez on waivers from the Mets in August 2006 and added him to the 40-man roster. The Mets had acquired him less than a year earlier after he washed out of the Red Sox' system. Being severely short of relievers, the Mets had put him on their 40-man roster. Perez was once considered a very marginal prospect in an extremely weak Boston system, but he lost that status when it was discovered he was three years older than the Red Sox thought. There's little reason to expect he'll be a useful major leaguer. He's 27 and has moved slowly through the minors, despite being old for his level most of the time. His control isn't good and, at AA and AAA, he's allowed a lot of baserunners. His K rate has generally been good, but had dropped in 2006 at the time the Pirates claimed him, while his control problems appeared to be increasing. Coming at a time when the Pirates had the second-worst record in baseball, with myriad needs, especially for hitters, his acquisition was the equivalent of a homeless person acquiring a broken toaster. Either that, or Dave Littlefield mistakenly thought he was re-acquiring Oliver Perez.

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