What’s Wrong with Martin Perez?

MATCH-UP – Frisco RoughRiders (Texas Rangers) at Corpus Christi Hooks (Houston Astros)

KEY PROSPECTS WE’RE WATCHING – Martin Perez (LHP, Texas Rangers)

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SCREENSHOT

A quick note on video structure…videos are edited to include only key and legitimate prospects. Time between pitches and between innings are edited out. Some commercials are left in out of respect for the companies that purchase ad buys.

I use time markers for when a particular hitter comes up to bat or a certain pitcher enters the game so you don’t have to shuffle through the video looking for key players. Games are edited so you can scout and evaluate a prospect in the most convenient and quickest way possible.

The line from Martin Perez’ June 18th start: 1.1 IP, 5 H, 8 R, 7 ER, 4 BB, 1 K.

When I last looked at Perez, his curveball was non existent, but he battled his way into a successful start thanks to excellent fastball command.

So what changed? He was unable to control his fastball. Perez also seems to have made some tweaks to his mechanics…