STEVEN JOSÉ PÉREZ SULBARAN.
2025
Made a career-high 39 relief appearances across stints at A+ Lake County (12 outings) and AA Akron (27 outings), going 3-2 with a 1.83 ERA (14ER/69IP)...His ERA was the lowest mark among relievers in the Guardians Player Development System (min. 35G)...Perez ranked seventh in the Guardians system in games pitched...Held batters to a .185 average against (45/243), lefties hit just .146 (13-for-89, 1HR, 17-for-149 last two seasons/.114 avg)...Batters hit .155 (9-for-58) off him with RISP...Began the season at Lake County, sporting a 0.90 ERA (2ER/20.0IP) in 12 relief appearances for the Captains…Threw 3.1 innings of scoreless relief on May 10 vs. Quad Cities, his longest relief outing at a full-season affiliate...Finished the season with AA Akron after being assigned to the Rubber Ducks on May 24, leading the team’s relievers in innings (49) and strikeouts (47)...Of his 27 appearances with Akron, 21 were more than one inning…After posting a 4.85 ERA (7ER/13.0IP) in his first seven outings at the AA level, Perez finished the campaign with a 1.25 ERA (5ER/36IP) across his final 20 appearances from July 3-September 14...Worked at least two innings over 21 outings (six times at least 3IP)...Has never been on the IL in his career.
2024
Split year between Class-A Lynchburg and High-A Lake County, posting a 4-1 mark with six saves and a 2.59 ERA in 37 relief outings (55.2IP, 37H, 16ER, 70SO, 11.3 SO / 9.0IP, .191AVG)...Started year with the Hillcats before being promoted to LC on 7/22...Lefties were just 4-for-50 (.080, 0 HR)...Batters hit .140 (12-for-86) with runners on base and .125 (7-for-56) with RISP...Worked at least 2.0IP in 15 outings.
