Overmatched!
Viva El Birdos — ... Carp pitched pretty well himself, save the first inning walk, bad fastball to DeRosa, and spinning cutter he threw to Shoppach in the 5th. It’s unfortunate that he didn’t get to pitch against our hitters or he probably could’ve matched zeroes w/ Lee. Chris Perez had a nice 8th inning; 11 of his 15 pitches were for strikes and he managed to K 2 of the 3 batters he faced. ...

Mark DeRosa has been traded to St. Louis
Let's Go Tribe! — ... Mark DeRosa has been dealt to St. Louis for RHP Chris Perez and a (non-trivial)  PTBNL. CastroTurf: DeRosa to the Cardinals DeRosa, a subject of trade rumors almost from the time he first slipped on an Indians uniform, is on the block no more. The Indians have traded the versatile veteran to the Cardinals for right-hander Chris Perez and a player to be named later. GM Mark Shapiro said the PTBN component is an important one, akin to the Coco Crisp and Michael Brantley acquisitions in the past. ...

Cardinals acquire Mark DeRosa for Chris Perez, PTBNL
Viva El Birdos — ... ESPN is reporting it's a done deal. DeRosa's a league average bat and a career defensive negative at third base; Chris Perez is probably the best of the three Young Right-Handed Relievers. He's a big price to pay.  ...

A PITCHf/x Look at Chris Perez
Driveline Mechanics — ... Chris Perez #34 / Pitcher / St. Louis Cardinals Height: 6-4 Weight: 225 Bats: R Throws: R ...

A Mechanical Look at Chris Perez
Driveline Mechanics — ... (Yes, that is really Chris Perez pitching in the image above.) The SB Nation blogosphere is rife with stories about the first big MLB "deadline trade" in 2009. Let's Go Tribe: Mark DeRosa has been traded to St. Louis Viva El Birdos: Cardinals acquire Mark DeRosa for Chris Perez, PTBNL Bleed Cubbie Blue: Cardinals Acquire Mark DeRosa JESUS GOD WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO NOW Here at Driveline Mechanics, we'll be running three stories about ...

Worst Case Scenario: Mark DeRosa Traded To Cardinals
Bleed Cubbie Blue — ... What gets me is what St. Louis gave up to get him. Chris Perez and a PTBNL. You have to be kidding me -- Perez, who will be 24 on Wednesday, is a good young reliever who throws hard, but is no sure thing. You're telling me the ...

MLB Trade Rumors: Mark DeRosa Traded To The Cardinals
FakeTeams — ... The Cardinals have traded reliever Chris Perez and a PTBNL for outfielder Mark DeRosa. DeRosa will probably play 3B for the Cardinals for now. This deal is a shot to the Cubs who were rumored to be looking at DeRosa earlier last week, but more importantly, gives the Cardinals a very good and versatile hitter who can play OF or 3B or 2B. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Cardinals deal for another outfielder as they have been rumored to be in on A's outfielder Matt Holliday. I don't see DeRosa as the bat needed ...

SUNDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Napoli Powers Win, Angels Look To Trade
Halos Heaven — ... said he has been having conversations with a "number" of clubs in the "exploratory phase" of the annual midseason trade market. Those conversations have produced nothing but very general discussions, he said. Tribe deals DeRosa to Cards for Perez - indians.com: News On Saturday night, the last-place Indians, all but out of contention and getting an early jump on the summer trading season, shipped him off to the Cardinals for right-handed reliever Chris Perez and a player to be named. The reason I added this link was to ...

Transactions: DeRosa Dealt
Let's Go Tribe! — ... Traded IF/OF Mark DeRosa to the St. Louis Cardinals for RHP Chris Perez and a PTBNL If we go by the number of rumors flying around in the past two months about DeRosa, there were many other clubs besides the Cardinals who were interested in DeRosa. Because he can play five positions at least adequately (first, second, third, left and right), has been a very good offensive player for four years running, and has a rep for being good in the clubhouse, it's not surprising that many teams saw him as being the missing piece ...

Game 78: White Sox 6, Indians 3
Let's Go Tribe! — ... This was a well-pitched game until the ninth, when Chris Perez entered the game. This was Perez's first game with the ...

Gavin Floyd and the White Sox Are Treading Water
South Side Sox — ... , who entered with 2 outs and the tying run at the plate in the 8th, needed just one pitch to send the Sox back up to the plate. And then Chris Perez happened. ...

Sometimes the other pitcher is just really, really good
Viva El Birdos — ... DeRosa's leaping catch, sandwiched between standing ovations two and three on his first night in curtain call country, requires me to invoke the exceptions-proving-the-rule clause of sportswriter stubbornness. That beautiful play aside, he's currently 0-7 in two unattractive Cardinals losses since the team fed Chris Perez into the Miklasz Care-o-meter. Of course this means nothing, and of course nobody thinks it does. Which is a fine way to start writing about a subject.  ...

News: Biomechanics Lab Status Update (and Thank Yous)
Driveline Mechanics — ... Of course, the readers who bombard me with questions and requests and who come here daily to see if their pitcher is being written about - invariably disappointed that I chose to write about Chris Perez rather than someone notable - deserve most of the credit. Without the traffic I get here, I'd feel that the market I'm trying to break into really is worthless - but knowing that so many people out there are interested in this type of research does fuel my desire to learn and make something happen. ...

Game 81: Indians 15, Athletics 3
Let's Go Tribe! — ... A nice sidelight was to see the Perezes have better outings. Perez Right got some generous swings from the A's, including one on a helmet-high fastball, but he was much more composed than in his last appearance. Tonight's a much better example of what you're going to get from Chris Perez. ...

Put me in, coach
Viva El Birdos — ... ? Nope, he’s out for the year. WTF? Who is this masked man and please, God, don’t let it be Matt Holliday! Anyway, we likely paid a steep price for DeRosa. He’ll help, as I said last Sunday, and if trades are measured by what they do THIS SEASON, we’ll win. It seems, however, that we gave up Chris Perez and either ...

Paul Konerko Homers Thrice, Deserves Own Thread
South Side Sox — ... a vote of confidence after Brandon Allen, who some viewed as the Sox first baseman of the future, was traded prior to the game. Mark Buehrle continued his trend of BABIP luck, as he seemed to be getting hit rather hard on the night, in contrast to Clayton Richard's last outing, yet allowed only 3 runs in 7 innings. He gets credit for sticking around long enough for Konerko and Sowers to take him off the hook and get a victory. Chris Perez is my new favorite pitcher. Bartolo Colon is  ...

Game 84: White Sox 10, Indians 6
Let's Go Tribe! — ... for five innings, but in the sixth, when he faced the Chicago order for the third time, he fell apart again. Instead of a pitch count, times through the order should be used in determining the length of his starts, if any remain. Chris Perez was brought in to restore order, but instead he gave up the lead in one at-bat. ...

Game 85: White Sox 5, Indians 1
Let's Go Tribe! — ... Chris Perez looked much better tonight. striking out two in an inning of work. At this point, probably the worst thing for Perez is to go several days without pitching, and it was good that he was able to get back into a game so soon. ...

MLB Trade Rumors: Roy Halladay To The Cardinals??
FakeTeams — ... about the price tag for Halladay, a club source said: "Give Ricciardi all our minor-league rosters and let him circle any 5 names." Check out the Baseball Prospectus pre-season top 11 prospects list created by Kevin Goldstein after the jump: Five-Star Prospects 1. Colby Rasmus, CF 2. Brett Wallace, 3B Four-Star Prospects 3. Chris Perez, RHP 4. Daryl Jones, LF Three-Star Prospects ...

Game 89: Tigers 10, Indians 1
Let's Go Tribe! — ... .043 Tomo Ohka -.217 Rafael Betancourt .000 Victor Martinez -.079 Chris Perez .000 Asdrubal Cabrera -.065 ...

What's a Fair Return in a Roy Halladay Trade?
Beyond the Box Score — ... (3B) appears to be the center piece of a deal, and as a top 25 position player prospect, would make for an even trade by himself.  The Jays are asking for another pitching prospect or two, and while the Cardinals don't have a whole lot there after trading Chris Perez, it wouldn't take a whole lot more for the Jays to come out winners.  ...

BtB Playoff Odds July 16th
Beyond the Box Score — ... earlier in the year on playoff probability added, I invited him to work on some playoff probability numbers for BtB.  He accepted the challenge and in addition to updated weekly results, he'll be presenting some articles dissecting the numbers.  I'm psyched Nick's on board for this project and I'm psyched at the potential for using these numbers in our analysis. A little over a week ago, the Cardinals traded promising a young fireballer Chris Perez and a PTNBL to the Indians for Mark DeRosa.  ...

Game 91: Mariners 6, Indians 2
Let's Go Tribe! — ... also allowed a run. Chris Perez  was a bright spot, for he went through his inning with ease. A reliever has to pan out eventually for this team, right? ...

What does the Matt Holliday trade mean for the Brewers?
Brew Crew Ball — ... Simply put, the Cardinals are going for it this season. They've now shipped their #1 prospect and two other C+ prospects (as rated by John Sickels) for what could turn out to be a 2+ month rental of Holliday, plus Chris Perez (a B+ prospect) and a PTBNL already sent to the ...

Game 97: Indians 9, Mariners 0
Let's Go Tribe! — ... slide at the plate later, the Indians raised the lead to 9-0.  A few looking Ks later, Chris Perez closed out the 9th to give the Indians a shutout of the Mariners. ...

Part 4 of the D-Backs Deadline Possibilities: The Chad Qualls/Jon Rauch Trade Market
AZ Snakepit — ... on waivers, the rest of their 'pen could really use some work, especially after also giving up Chris Perez in the ...

Where They're At: Your Second-Half-of-2009 Cardinals
Viva El Birdos — ... , he of the 2.93 ERA. His control was plain average last year; this year it's positively bad. If you can strike batters out like Pitcher E (that's Chris Perez, who was shipped out because of his command problems) it's okay to walk four and a half batters per nine innings. If you strike out fewer batters than Ryan Franklin, it's a bad way to keep your ERA under four. That's the Cardinals' set-up man—that's why I'm worried. ...

Early Weekend 6-pack (7/30/09)
Let's Go Tribe! — ... 15 2B, 1 HR, 14 BB (6.1%), 53 K (23.0%) 5. I'm just going to steal this list from Jay, who posted it in one of the threads This is where all these players fit in (roughly) according to Kevin Goldstein's preseason rankings from Baseball Prospectus: Five-Star Prospects 1. Matt LaPorta, LF 2. Carlos Santana, C 1. Carlos Carrasco, RHP Four-Star Prospects 3. Nick Weglarz, LF 3. Chris Perez, RHP Three-Star Prospects 4. Adam ...

Game 106: Cleveland 1, Minnesota 10
Let's Go Tribe! — ... Indians weren't winning after these two efforts.  They were actually down 9-0, as the offense hadn't put together more than a few hits at a time.  Peralta had a couple of nice hits, Travis Hafner proved he continues to own Scott Baker, but that was about it offensively.  Depending on your view, Andy Marte's night might have been positive, as he put together a few noticeably good ABs (with a hit and walk to show for it). On the brighter side, Chris Perez and Tony Sipp each put together perfect innings, ...

Game 109: Indians 6, White Sox 2
Let's Go Tribe! — ... had their best shot of getting back into the game. Chris Perez came into the game, and although he walked the first batters he faced, got ...

St. Louis Cardinals Top 20 PRE-SEASON Prospects in Review
Minor League Ball — ... 3) Chris Perez, RHP, Grade B+:  4.17 ERA with 44/20 K/BB in 37 major league innings. Traded to ...

Game 117: Indians 7, Twins 4
Let's Go Tribe! — ... line. Blackburn would be pulled two batters later. The Twins have had very poor pitching as of late, with Swarzak and Blackburn especially struggling. Laffey got out of a particularly dangerous jam in the bottom of the fourth. He loaded the bases with three walks, and faced Delmon Young with one out. Young, who had taken Laffey deep his last time at-bat, grounded into a double play, and that turned out to be the at-bat of the game. Joe Smith, Tony Sipp, and Chris Perez held the Twins at bay after Laffey left, and Kerry ...

The October Team
Viva El Birdos — ... But if it were just Motte struggling, the Cardinals would be in fine shape. But over the course of the season they've traded Chris Perez and ...

Talent in, talent out
Viva El Birdos — ... (and recent Talent Out graduate Chris Perez) are better bets in the future, and a little more difficult to let go; the Cardinals gave up real value in the future for the chance to replace ...

Game 119: Angels 3, Indians 0
Let's Go Tribe! — ... Highest WPA Lowest WPA Valbuena .073 Jamey Carroll -.106 Chris Perez .036 Chris Gimenez ...

(Not so) Early weekend 6-pack (8/21/09)
Let's Go Tribe! — 1. The Indians win the award for AL Central horse-trader.  Here are the comings and goings since the Indians shipped out Mark DeRosa on June 27th. Cleveland Indians: Acquired -RJ Swindle, Justin Masterson, Bryan Price, Nick Hagadone, Lou Marson, Jason Donald, Carlos Carrasco, Jason Knapp, Scott Barnes, Jess Todd, Chris Perez, Connor Graham Departed - Andy Cannizaro, Carl Pavano, Victor Martinez, Cliff Lee, Ben ...

Game 122: Indians 4, Mariners 3 (11 Innings)
Let's Go Tribe! — ... The most dramatic change as the season has gone on has been the bullpen's metamorphosis from basket case to a genuinely promising group of young relievers. Chris Perez, who has quickly become the top setup man on the team, recovered after giving up a leadoff double to retire the next three Mariners in the eighth. All three outs (two strikeouts and a fly ball) came with a runner on third. After Wood pitched the ninth, Eric Wedge went with matchup baseball, bringing in ...

Game 123: Indians 6, Mariners 1
Let's Go Tribe! — ... Chris Perez and Sipp finished the game after Fausto's solid 7, with Perez striking out two in the ninth. The bullpen in 2010 might be terrible but it'll at least be fast. ...

Game 124: Indians 10, Royals 6
Let's Go Tribe! — ...   It's been really fun watching this team over the past couple weeks. Matt LaPorta was finally brought back, this time to stay. Chris Perez and Jess Todd, both received from St. Louis for Mark DeRosa, have quickly become the seventh and eighth inning men in the bullpen. After getting regular playing time, Andy Marte is starting to hit. And Luis Valbuena has hit .297/.360/.495 since the All-Star Break. Some year I wish I felt this good about this team early rather than late. Tonight's game was a ...

Early Weekend 6-Pack (8/27/09)
Let's Go Tribe! — ... before getting promoted all the way to Kinston.  In addition to the players mentioned above, Casey Frawley, Greg Folgia and Jason Smit have some interesting numbers. 5. Kelly is the man, but Choo's a safer bet According to HitTracker.com, Kelly Shoppach has the longest true-distance HR for Cleveland this season, at 460 feet.  Shin Soo Choo, however, has the next 3 longest shots, 434, 433 and 432 feet.  6. Chris Perez is better than bad He's good.  Here is his line ...

Game 129: Indians 5, Orioles 3
Let's Go Tribe! — ... finished the seventh and the whole of the eighth, and Chris Perez pitched the ninth to notch his first save as an Indian. ...

Game 133: Tigers 4, Indians 3 (10 innings)
Let's Go Tribe! — ... final line looks pretty lousy, mostly because of the 5 BB's. Still, you've got to at least acknowledge that three of those walks were to the aforementioned Adam Everett, a player OPSing .626. It's unclear why Carmona is so afraid of Everett. Beyond that, we saw more of a hybrid Old/New Fausto, with a 3:2 GO:FO ratio but also an effective four seam fastball. Despite his struggles today, he's looking more like a pitcher that could stick in a rotation than one that could not. Chris Perez and Tony Sipp were outstanding again, offering up 2.2 ...

Franklin comes back from Hollywood
Viva El Birdos — ... But this most recent hiccup isn't the same as the second half of 2007, where he basically pitched like himself save for the home run every six innings; this time he's become both hittable and nibbly, walking—and this is a damned-lie caliber stat, but I like it anyway—twice as many batters as Chris Perez has in the second half, over four per nine innings. ...

Game 138: Rangers 11, Indians 9
Let's Go Tribe! — ... Rangers manager Ron Washington pulled Hunter in the sixth, replacing him with young phenom Neftali Feliz, who in his short career has dominated opposing hitters. But tonight's results seemed to go against the grain, and the Indians plated both of Feliz's inherited runners in the sixth, and scored a run off him in the seventh. But the Rangers kept scoring runs, and although the Indians tied the game in the sixth, they never relinquished the lead. Marlon Byrd ended Chris Perez's long scoreless streak by blasting a three-run homer in the ...

Game 140: Rangers 10, Indians 0
Let's Go Tribe! — ... 's continued unraveling and then, finally and most despicably, Chris Perez didn't even look inhuman. Today, the pain kept coming as ...

Game 141: Royals 2, Indians 1
Let's Go Tribe! — ... Justin Masterson pitched in and out of trouble all night, inducing two double plays when his back was against the wall Despite his four walks, Masterson held the Royals to just one run over 6. Zack Greinke was his usual magical self through seven innings but Trey Hillman pulled him at just 102 pitches and one earned run; Greinke's last start was a 120+ pitch performance against the Angels. Tony Sipp and Chris Perez were brilliant through 3 innings of relief. The Royals bullpen is truly atrocious and ...

At least it wasn't the NLDS
Viva El Birdos — ... both sides; on one, Jason Motte struggles with throwing the ball past opposing hitters and Kyle McClellan has trouble throwing it near them, and on the other several pitchers are throwing the ball for other teams.  Taken in isolation I can't really argue with either of the major deals that siphoned off relief depth; Mark Worrell and (erstwhile throw-in) Luke Gregerson was a small price to pay for what seemed like an upgrade at shortstop, and Chris Perez and Jess Todd was the going rate for a guy who, for a ...

Cuddyer, Young, Kubel play heroes, as Twins win 6-3
Twinkie Town — ... , a sensible move given his three singles in three trips. Cleveland brought in Chris Perez, sidearming righty, to face ...

Game 144: Twins 6, Indians 3
Let's Go Tribe! — ... , bringing the tying run to the plate. No problem, for Eric Wedge had Chris Perez warming in the bullpen for this eventuality. Sipp would have stayed in had ...

Freaking a Cardinals fan out at 85-62
Viva El Birdos — ... , and it's coming off of an August that had a great personality. It's hard to see, because DeRosa—whatever the merits of the trade on the Chris Perez end—should have been a perfect fit for this team. The night he was acquired he seemed to salve every sore spot on the roster, short of (and in his defense, he didn't get a chance) providing right-handed relief. It wasn't his fault he tore his wrist up; it wasn't his fault the Cardinals papered over his Super Utility cred with ...

Game 151: Tigers 3, Indians 1
Let's Go Tribe! — ... pitched very well despite a tight strike zone. After struggling in his past two starts, Laffey pitched into the seventh, leaving with the Indians just down a run, a winnable situation for a club of any offensive ability. Unfortunately, the Indians' long run came after Chris Perez gave up two runs in the eighth. Although Cleveland would have an excellent opportunity in the bottom of the inning, three runs were too much to overcome for this punchless offense. ...

What Might Otherwise Have Been
Viva El Birdos — ... started trading faberge eggs for veterans—I got overly protective of Chris Perez, of whom, as a reliever taken in the draft, I was not originally overly fond, and then I freaked out for no fewer than three months whenever the topic of trading for ...

Game 155: Indians 9, Orioles 8
Let's Go Tribe! — ... fifteen hits with four doubles and a pair of homeruns from Choo and Marte (Marte!). Andy hit a two run jack in the fourth and then tacked on a sacrifice fly later. Most disheartening was Kerry Wood's performance, comprised of three hits, two runs, a walk and a blown save. Despite Wood's best efforts, the Indians won the game when Valbuena singled, was moved over by Choo and driven home by Peralta. Raffy Perez recorded three strikeouts tonight, for those still keeping track, and Chris Perez also looked decent in his brief, .2 IP appearance. The Indians have ...

Game 162: Red Sox 12, Indians 7
Let's Go Tribe! — ... Lowest WPA Andy Marte .148 Tomo Ohka -.520 Jhonny Peralta .110 Chris Perez -.125 Matt LaPorta ...

Fire Everyone! - Mark Shapiro
Let's Go Tribe! — ... Lee, Coco Crisp, Shin-Soo Choo, Travis Hafner, Milton Bradley, Franklin Gutierrez, Asdrubal Cabrera, Josh Bard and Kelly Shoppach.  Add to that list, potentially, over the next several years, Matt LaPorta, Carlos Santana, Luis Valbuena, Michael Brantley, Lou Marson, plus a half-dozen significant pitching prospects, plus Mark DeRosa, Arthur Rhodes, Justin Masterson and Chris Perez.  Even his least successful trade acquisitions — ...

Trader Mo Redux
Viva El Birdos — ... clubhouse guy, and his interviews are pure gold. Sadly, DeRosa simply wasn't very good for the Cardinals. His OBP was atrocious, he struggled to do anything but hit home runs the first month or so, then went whole hog and struggled to do that, too. His defense wasn't bad, but it wasn't really all that good, either. Bottom line, Mark DeRosa in a Cardinal uniform just wasn't as cool as a lot of people thought it was going to be. What Was Given Up: Chris Perez, RHP  Jess Todd, RHP Oy. This one really hurts. ...

Bill James and Pitchers
Viva El Birdos — ... 6 3.64 Clay Mortensen 12 57 65 8 25 39 2 5 5.84 Chris Perez 61 63 46 7 37 ...

What the Cardinals can take from the Yankees, besides the luxury tax
Viva El Birdos — ... leaves them one future core player short, but I'm glad the Cardinals still have at least one in the system; winning 78 games in 2007 isn't far removed from having top prospects like Jimmy Journell and post-surgery Blake Hawksworth a few years earlier. Get here soon, Shelby Miller.  3. Look at all those young, successful relievers! The Cardinals made—and have continued to make—a good-faith effort at this with guys like Jason Motte and Chris Perez and Kyle McClellan. And since I am lost as you to the ...

Friday Notes
Viva El Birdos — ... was—sting worse than the Holliday move. DeRosa was theoretically an extremely useful player for the Cardinals, at least until they acquired Holliday and Lugo and pinned him to third base, but Chris Perez and ...