After early acclimation period, Marlins pitching prospect Eury Perez heating up in Double A

Jordan McPherson
·3 min read

It took him a few starts to get acclimated to the higher level of competition, but Eury Perez seems to finally be in a groove.

The 19-year-old pitcher, ranked as the No. 4 prospect in the Miami Marlins’ system and No. 39 in all of baseball by MLB Pipeline, strung together his third consecutive solid outing with the Double A Pensacola Blue Wahoos.

Perez struck out nine batters while giving up just two runs on a pair of hits and a walk over 5 1/3 innings on Friday against the Rocket City Trash Pandas, an affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels.

The 6-8 righty had allowed just one hit through his first five innings of work on Friday before getting into trouble in the sixth. He allowed a leadoff walk to Bryce Teodosio, who stole second and broke up Perez’s shutout big when he scored on a Jose Gomez one-out double. Perez’s night ended after that hit, but Gomez scored two batters later on an Orlando Martinez single, with the run being charged to Perez.

Over his last three starts, Perez has struck out 27 batters while giving up just four earned runs on eight hits and three walks over 16 innings of work for a 2.25 ERA in that span. He’s making the most of his high-90s fastball, mid-80s changeup and high-70s curveball to keep hitters off balance.

It’s also a sign of Perez looking more like the pitcher who dominated last season in Single A Jupiter and High A Beloit, when he posted a 1.96 ERA with 108 strikeouts against 26 walks over 78 innings in his first year of professional baseball.

“Eury is Eury,” Marlins general manager Kim Ng said, “and I think we’re gaining a much better understanding of what exactly that means. He’s done a fantastic job.”

Rounding up the usual suspects

▪ Top Marlins prospect Kahlil Watson had hits in five of six games last week with Single A Jupiter, batting .333 with a .927 on-base-plus-slugging mark, two doubles, a home run, four stolen bases and seven runs scored. He came a triple shy of hitting for the cycle on Tuesday.

▪ Both Edward Cabrera and Max Meyer had rough outings in their lone starts last week for Triple A Jacksonville. Cabrera gave up six runs on six hits and three walks over 4 2/3 innings while striking out eight on Saturday. Meyer gave up six runs on seven hits (including three home runs) and a walk over five innings while striking out four on Thursday.

More standouts from the week

▪ Middle infielder Ian Lewis, the 12th-ranked prospect in Miami’s system, hit .588 (10 for 17) with four RBI and two runs scored over five games in his first week with Single A Jupiter after starting the minor-league season in extended spring.

▪ Your Bryan Hoeing update: The right-handed pitcher and No. 30 prospect in the Marlins’ system gave up just two runs on five hits and three walks in six innings on while striking out three on Friday.

▪ Charles Leblanc, the top player the Marlins acquired in the minor-league phase of the Rule 5 Draft in December, continues to hit. His batting average sits at .352 after 32 games and 138 plate appearances with eight doubles, seven home runs, 27 RBI and 19 runs scored for Triple A Jacksonville.

▪ Jerar Encarnacion and Griffin Conine have been dominant at the plate so far this month with Double A Pensacola. Encarnacion is hitting .366 (15 for 41) with two home runs, seven RBI and 10 runs scored. Conine is hitting .351 (13 for 37) with three home runs, two doubles, one triple, 11 RBI and eight runs scored.

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