Cionel Perez

Bats R Throws L5'11" 162 lbBorn 1996 Havana, CubaDebut 2018Team BALContract 1 y/$1.9M (26) 2026: $504,706

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	141	19.9	11.3	2.13	22.3	6.25	101.6
2027							102.9
2028							102.6

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 29

His ten closest age-29 comparables averaged 104 PITCH+ the next season; 7 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Mark Lowe	2012	99.6	82.7	56
2	Danny Farquhar	2016	102.0	109.6	215
3	Tony Peña	2011	102.6	did not play
4	Logan Ondrusek	2014	99.9	did not play
5	Casey Janssen	2011	102.6	122.2	242
6	Santiago Casilla	2010	99.4	119.7	211
7	Brad Boxberger	2017	104.3	99.0	235
8	Kyle Ryan	2021	99.4	did not play
9	Bryan Morris	2016	99.3	94.5	94
10	J. C. Gutierrez	2013	99.9	98.3	268

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	BAL	19	0
2024	BAL	62	0
2023	BAL	65	0
2022	BAL	66	0
2021	CIN	25	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-130.6
2020	HOU	7	0
2019	HOU	5	0
2018	HOU	8	0
Career		257	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-130.6

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									141				102.9
2026*									181				95.7	107.6	103.3
2025	BAL	0	0	8.31	19	0	0	21.7	110	3	18	21	72.4	102.8	75.2
2024	BAL	2	0	4.53	62	0	2	53.7	238	0	28	46	105.1	102.0	107.1
2023	BAL	4	2	3.54	65	0	3	53.3	247	2	27	44	101.2	100.6	101.9
2022	BAL	7	1	1.40	66	0	1	57.7	234	2	21	55	116.2	98.3	114.5
2021	CIN	1	2	6.38	25	0	0	24.0	111	5	20	25	90.9	99.4	90.4
2020	HOU	0	0	2.84	7	0	0	6.3	32	0	6	8	97.2	104.5	101.6
2019	HOU	1	1	10.00	5	0	0	9.0	40	3	2	7	85.8	99.2	84.9
2018	HOU	0	0	3.97	8	0	0	11.3	45	3	7	12	103.0	99.6	102.6
Career		15	6	4.22	257	0	6	237.0	1057	18	129	218	100.7		101.2

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	2	77.0	-10.8	0.0	0.0	33.3	0.0	0.081	0.081	0.072

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	BAL	P	19	22	2	4	0	0	1.000	+0.4
2024	BAL	P	62	54	4	10	0	0	1.000	+0.6
2023	BAL	P	65	53	7	10	2	1	0.895	+0.2
2022	BAL	P	66	58	5	5	1	0	0.909	-0.5
2021	CIN	P	25	24	0	4	0	0	1.000	-0.1
2020	HOU	P	7	6	0	3	0	0	1.000	+0.2
2019	HOU	P	5	9	0	1	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2018	HOU	P	8	11	0	0	0	0		-0.0

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2026	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Pit	31	7.0 IP, 32% K	2.57
2025	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Pit	113	22.1 IP, 20% K	6.92
2021	AAA	Louisville Bats	Pit	129	30.1 IP, 32% K	3.29
2019	AAA	Round Rock Express	Pit	213	47.0 IP, 20% K	5.36
2019	Rk	GCL Astros	Pit	25	5.2 IP, 56% K	3.46
2018	AAA	Fresno Grizzlies	Pit	26	5.1 IP, 23% K	3.53
2018	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Pit	277	68.1 IP, 30% K	1.98
2017	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Pit	59	13.0 IP, 17% K	5.54
2017	A+	Buies Creek Astros	Pit	104	25.1 IP, 17% K	2.87
2017	A	Quad Cities River Bandits	Pit	227	55.1 IP, 24% K	4.41

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021		0.000	0.000

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason pitching

Year	L	ERA	G	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
2024	1	90.00	1	0.1	2	0	1	20.00
2023	0	0.00	2	1.2	1	1	4	1.67
Career	1	6.92	3	1.3	3	1	5	3.08