Cionel Perez

P | B/T: L/L | 5' 11" 170 | Age: 23
La Habana, Cuba

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Stats

	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	SO	WHIP
2019	1	1	11.25	3	0	0	8.0	5	1.50
2 Seasons	1	1	6.98	11	0	0	19.1	17	1.29

	G	W-L	ERA	IP	SO	WHIP
2019	3	1-1	11.25	8.0	5	1.50
2 Seasons	11	1-1	6.98	19.1	17	1.29

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Standard MLB Batting Statistics

	Season	Tm	LG	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	HBP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
	2018	HOU	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.---	.---	.---	.000
	1 Season			1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				.000

*: All Star Season, Rankings AL/NL: Top 5 10 15 20, Click for Chart.

Advanced MLB Batting Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	PA	TB	LOB	SAC	SF	BABIP	XBH	GIDP	GIDPO	NP	P/PA	K/PA	HR/PA	BB/K	ISO	ROE	WO
2018	HOU	AL	0	0	0	0	0	.---	0	0	0	0							0
			0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0							0

Standard MLB Pitching Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	BF	W	L	ERA	G	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2018	HOU	AL	45	0	0	3.97	8	11.1	6	5	5	3	7	12	1.15
2019	HOU	AL	36	1	1	11.25	3	8.0	11	10	10	3	1	5	1.50
2 Seasons			81	1	1	6.98	11	19.1	17	15	15	6	8	17	1.29

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Standard MLB Fielding Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	POS	G	INN	TC	A	FPCT%
2018	HOU	AL	P	8	11.1	0	0
2019	HOU	AL	P	3	8.0	1	1	1.000
2 Seasons			P	11	19.1	1	1	1.000

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Season	Tm	LG	L	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2017	3 Teams		Minors	6	4	4.13	21	16	2	93.2	94	48	43	4	27	83	1.29
2017	Quad Cities River Bandits	MID	A(Full)	4	3	4.39	12	9	2	55.1	52	30	27	2	17	55	1.25
2017	Buies Creek Astros	CAR	A(Adv)	2	1	2.84	5	4	0	25.1	27	10	8	1	5	18	1.26
2017	Corpus Christi Hooks	TEX	AA	0	0	5.54	4	3	0	13.0	15	8	8	1	5	10	1.54
2018	2 Teams		Minors	7	1	2.08	20	11	1	73.2	59	20	17	3	28	89	1.18
2018	Corpus Christi Hooks	TEX	AA	6	1	1.98	16	11	1	68.1	54	18	15	3	22	83	1.11
2018	Fresno Grizzlies	PCL	AAA	1	0	3.38	4	0	0	5.1	5	2	2	0	6	6	2.06
2019	Round Rock Express	PCL	AAA	2	1	5.28	12	10	0	46.0	51	29	27	5	23	42	1.61
			AAA	3	1	5.08	16	10	0	51.1	56	31	29	5	29	48	1.66
			AA	6	1	2.55	20	14	1	81.1	69	26	23	4	27	93	1.18
			A(Adv)	2	1	2.84	5	4	0	25.1	27	10	8	1	5	18	1.26
			A(Full)	4	3	4.39	12	9	2	55.1	52	30	27	2	17	55	1.25
Career Minors				15	6	3.67	53	37	3	213.1	204	97	87	12	78	214	1.32

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Season	Tm	LG	L	POS	G	GS	INN	TC	PO	A	E	DP	FPCT%
2017	3 Teams		Minors	P	21	16	93.2	15	5	9	1	0	.933
2017	Corpus Christi Hooks	TEX	AA	P	4	3	13.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000
2017	Buies Creek Astros	CAR	A(Adv)	P	5	4	25.1	8	3	4	1	0	.875
2017	Quad Cities River Bandits	MID	A(Full)	P	12	9	55.1	5	2	3	0	0	1.000
2018	2 Teams		Minors	P	20	11	73.2	14	2	10	2	1	.857
2018	Fresno Grizzlies	PCL	AAA	P	4	0	5.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000
2018	Corpus Christi Hooks	TEX	AA	P	16	11	68.1	13	2	9	2	1	.846
2019	Round Rock Express	PCL	AAA	P	12	10	46.0	14	4	9	1	1	.929
			AAA	P	16	10	51.1	15	4	10	1	1	.933
			AA	P	20	14	81.1	15	2	11	2	1	.867
			A(Adv)	P	5	4	25.1	8	3	4	1	0	.875
			A(Full)	P	12	9	55.1	5	2	3	0	0	1.000
Career Minors				P	53	37	213.1	43	11	28	4	2	.907

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Scouting Report

After leading Cuba's top league with a 2.08 ERA as an 18-year-old, Perez defected in May 2015. He originally agreed to a $5.15 million bonus in September 2016, but the Astros voided the deal when a subsequent physical raised questions about his elbow, re-signing him that December for $2 million (plus a matching amount in penalty tax). He expressed frustration with the ordeal afterward and has stayed healthy as a pro while making his big league debut ahead of schedule last July.

Perez's polish and small stature belie his fastball, which sat around 90 mph in Cuba but now averages 94 mph and reaches 98 with heavy sink that produces ground balls when it doesn't dodge bats. He backs up his heater with a mid-80s slider that has gotten tighter since he turned pro. He can flash a solid changeup with fade, though it lacks consistency, and can also mix in a slow curveball.

Though he's undersized, Perez has the repertoire and delivery to make it as a starter. He repeats his mechanics, throws strikes and generally keeps his pitches down in the zone. His first opportunity in Houston came in the bullpen and his next one may as well, but he could be a mid-rotation starter.

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Season	Pitches	Batted Balls	Barrels	Barrel %	Exit Velocity	Launch Angle	XBA	XSLG	WOBA	XWOBA	XWOBACON	Hard Hit %	K %	BB %
2018	220	26	1	3.8	92.2	3.9	.219	.338	.301	.309	.349	46.2	26.7	15.6
2019	142	30	2	6.7	94.6	11.6	.317	.535	.400	.373	.424	50.0	13.9	2.8
ALL	362	56	3	5.4	93.5	8.0	.266	.433	.345	.337	.389	48.2	21.0	9.9
MLB			37051	6.3	87.5	11.1	.251	.409	.318	.318	.370	34.4	21.5	8.2

Transactions

Team	Date	Transaction
	06/30/2019	Round Rock Express placed LHP Cionel Perez on the 7-day injured list.
	06/19/2019	Houston Astros optioned LHP Cionel Perez to Round Rock Express.
	06/07/2019	Houston Astros recalled LHP Cionel Perez from Round Rock Express.
	03/19/2019	Houston Astros optioned LHP Cionel Perez to Round Rock Express.
	09/01/2018	Houston Astros recalled LHP Cionel Perez from Fresno Grizzlies.
	08/21/2018	Houston Astros optioned LHP Cionel Perez to Fresno Grizzlies.
	08/03/2018	Houston Astros recalled Cionel Perez from Fresno Grizzlies.
	07/28/2018	Houston Astros optioned LHP Cionel Perez to Fresno Grizzlies.
	07/11/2018	Houston Astros recalled Cionel Perez from Corpus Christi Hooks.
	07/01/2018	Houston Astros optioned LHP Cionel Perez to Corpus Christi Hooks.
	06/29/2018	Houston Astros recalled Cionel Perez from Corpus Christi Hooks.
	03/27/2018	LHP Cionel Perez assigned to Corpus Christi Hooks.
	03/09/2018	Houston Astros optioned LHP Cionel Perez to Fresno Grizzlies.
	11/20/2017	Houston Astros selected the contract of Cionel Perez from Corpus Christi Hooks.
	08/15/2017	LHP Cionel Perez assigned to Corpus Christi Hooks from Buies Creek Astros.
	07/11/2017	LHP Cionel Perez assigned to Buies Creek Astros from Quad Cities River Bandits.
	04/27/2017	LHP Cionel Perez assigned to Quad Cities River Bandits.
	12/09/2016	Houston Astros signed free agent LHP Cionel Perez to a minor league contract.

Monthly Splits

Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
June	1	1	11.25	3	0	0	8.0	11	10	10	3	1	5	1.50
Pre All-Star	1	1	11.25	3	0	0	8.0	11	10	10	3	1	5	1.50

Base Runner Splits

Type	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Bases Empty	0.00	6.0	4	0	0	0	1	3	0.83
Runner at 1st	10.80	1.2	3	2	2	1	0	2	1.80
Runners at 1st & 2nd	108.00	0.1	2	4	4	1	0	0	6.00
Runner at 2nd	.*	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0
Runners at 2nd & 3rd	.*	0.0	1	3	3	1	0	0
Scoring Position	216.00	0.1	4	8	8	2	0	0	12.00

Game Type Splits

Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Home Games	1	1	11.25	3	0	0	8.0	11	10	10	3	1	5	1.50
Day Games	0	0	21.00	1	0	0	3.0	7	7	7	2	1	1	2.67
Night Games	1	1	5.40	2	0	0	5.0	4	3	3	1	0	4	0.80
Leading Off			0.00				2.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.00
Late / Close			4.15				4.1	2	2	2	1	0	3	0.46

Outs Splits

Type	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
No Outs	10.12	2.2	4	3	3	1	0	1	1.50
One Out	13.50	2.2	6	4	4	1	1	3	2.63
Two Outs	10.12	2.2	1	3	3	1	0	1	0.37

Inning Splits

Type	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Sixth Inning	63.00	1.0	6	7	7	2	1	0	7.00
Seventh Inning	0.00	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.00
Eighth Inning	0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Ninth Inning	0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
Extra Innings	6.75	4.0	4	3	3	1	0	3	1.00

Monthly Splits

Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
April	0	0	4.73	4	3	13.1	12	8	7	1	8	13	1.50
May	0	1	7.43	6	6	23.0	33	20	19	4	13	21	2.00
June	2	0	0.93	2	1	9.2	6	1	1	0	2	8	0.83
Pre All-Star	2	1	5.28	12	10	46.0	51	29	27	5	23	42	1.61

Base Runner Splits

Type	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Bases Empty	1.61	22.1	29	4	4	4	14	20	1.93
Bases Loaded	27.00	1.0	1	3	3	0	1	1	2.00
Runner at 1st	2.70	13.1	11	4	4	1	4	12	1.13
Runners at 1st & 2nd	16.20	3.1	4	6	6	0	2	3	1.80
Runners at 1st & 3rd	19.29	2.1	1	5	5	0	0	1	0.43
Runner at 2nd	9.00	2.0	3	2	2	0	2	3	2.50
Runners at 2nd & 3rd	27.00	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.00
Runner at 3rd	13.50	1.1	1	4	2	0	0	2	0.75
Scoring Position	16.55	10.1	11	21	19	0	5	10	1.55

Game Type Splits

Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Home Games	0	1	4.66	5	4	0	19.1	20	10	10	3	7	21	1.40
Away Games	2	0	5.74	7	6	0	26.2	31	19	17	2	16	21	1.76
Day Games	1	0	4.73	3	2	0	13.1	14	8	7	1	5	14	1.43
Night Games	1	1	5.51	9	8	0	32.2	37	21	20	4	18	28	1.68
Leading Off			0.84				10.2	11	1	1	1	5	10	1.50
Late / Close			0.00				2.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.50

Outs Splits

Type	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
No Outs	3.18	17.0	17	6	6	2	7	16	1.41
One Out	7.80	15.0	20	13	13	2	7	13	1.80
Two Outs	5.14	14.0	14	10	8	1	9	13	1.64

Inning Splits

Type	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
First Inning	5.40	10.0	8	6	6	1	6	5	1.40
Second Inning	2.70	10.0	14	3	3	0	5	8	1.90
Third Inning	11.05	7.1	14	10	9	2	6	9	2.73
Fourth Inning	6.43	7.0	6	5	5	2	3	9	1.29
Fifth Inning	7.20	5.0	5	5	4	0	3	6	1.60
Sixth Inning	0.00	2.2	3	0	0	0	0	2	1.13
Seventh Inning	0.00	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.00
Eighth Inning	0.00	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.50

Date	Home Tm	Away Tm	W	L	ERA	G	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2019-06-07	Houston Astros	Baltimore Orioles	1	0	0.00	1	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.00
2019-06-12	Houston Astros	Milwaukee Brewers	0	1	5.40	1	2.0	4	3	3	1	0	2	0.80
2019-06-16	Houston Astros	Toronto Blue Jays	0	0	11.25	1	3.0	7	7	7	2	1	1	1.50
June			1	1	11.25	3	8.0	11	10	10	3	1	5	1.50

Date	Home Tm	Away Tm	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2019-04-07	New Orleans Baby Cakes	Round Rock Express	0	0	6.23	1	1	4.1	5	4	3	1	3	4	1.85
2019-04-13	Round Rock Express	Memphis Redbirds	0	0	4.26	1	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	3	1.74
2019-04-20	Memphis Redbirds	Round Rock Express	0	0	6.10	1	1	4.0	5	4	4	0	3	4	1.84
2019-04-25	Round Rock Express	New Orleans Baby Cakes	0	0	4.73	1	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.50
April			0	0	4.73	4	3	13.1	12	8	7	1	8	13	1.50
2019-05-02	Oklahoma City Dodgers	Round Rock Express	0	0	5.74	1	1	2.1	6	3	3	0	3	1	1.85
2019-05-08	Omaha Storm Chasers	Round Rock Express	0	0	7.13	1	1	2.0	5	4	4	1	3	0	2.09
2019-05-13	Round Rock Express	Oklahoma City Dodgers	0	0	6.35	1	1	5.0	4	2	2	2	2	5	1.90
2019-05-19	Round Rock Express	Nashville Sounds	0	0	6.51	1	1	5.0	6	4	4	0	2	6	1.84
2019-05-25	Nashville Sounds	Round Rock Express	0	0	6.19	1	1	4.1	4	3	2	0	2	4	1.78
2019-05-30	Round Rock Express	Iowa Cubs	0	1	6.44	1	1	4.1	8	4	4	1	1	5	1.82
May			0	1	7.43	6	6	23.0	33	20	19	4	13	21	2.00
2019-06-23	Iowa Cubs	Round Rock Express	1	0	5.80	1	0	4.0	3	0	0	0	0	4	1.71
2019-06-28	San Antonio Missions	Round Rock Express	1	0	5.28	1	1	5.2	3	1	1	0	2	4	1.61
June			2	0	0.93	2	1	9.2	6	1	1	0	2	8	0.83

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Perez relies on 4 pitches. Four Seamer (62%), Slider (26.1%), Changeup (11.3%), Curve (0.7%),

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Statcast Statistics

Season	Pitches	Batted Balls	Barrels	Barrel %	Exit Velocity	Launch Angle	XBA	XSLG	WOBA	XWOBA	XWOBACON	Hard Hit %	K %	BB %
2018	220	26	1	3.8	92.2	3.9	.219	.338	.301	.309	.349	46.2	26.7	15.6
2019	142	30	2	6.7	94.6	11.6	.317	.535	.400	.373	.424	50.0	13.9	2.8
ALL	362	56	3	5.4	93.5	8.0	.266	.433	.345	.337	.389	48.2	21.0	9.9
MLB			37051	6.3	87.5	11.1	.251	.409	.318	.318	.370	34.4	21.5	8.2

Pitch Tracking

Year	Pitch Type	#	# RHB	# LHB	%	MPH	PA	AB	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	SO	BBE	BA	XBA	SLG	XSLG	WOBA	XWOBA	EV	LA	Spin	BB%	K%	Whiff%	PutAway%
2019	Four Seamer	88	64	24	62.0	95.2	22	21	6	2	1	0	3	4	17	.286	.296	.762	.534	.439	.368	94.1	14	2082	4.5	18.2	23.7	16.0
2019	Slider	37	21	16	26.1	83.1	8	8	3	2	1	0	0	1	7	.375	.489	.500	.649	.373	.489	99.5	9	2512	0.0	12.5	29.4	6.3
2019	Changeup	16	16	0	11.3	87.7	6	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	6	.333	.163	.333	.385	.292	.234	89.9	8	1846	0.0	0.0	20.0	0.0
2019	Curve	1	1	0	0.7	73.6																		2262			0.0
2018	Four Seamer	139	101	38	63.2	95.3	31	24	3	1	0	0	2	5	19	.125	.233	.375	.382	.315	.359	93.6	3	2203	22.6	16.1	23.1	10.4
2018	Slider	66	38	28	30.0	84.3	14	14	3	2	0	0	1	7	7	.214	.195	.429	.263	.271	.199	88.5	6	2603	0.0	50.0	26.7	24.1
2018	Changeup	15	15	0	6.8	87.6																		2044			75.0

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.

						Vertical Movement (inches)			Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year	Pitch	Team	Hand	#	MPH	Inches of Drop	vs Avg	% vs Avg	Inches of Break	vs Avg	% Break vs Avg
2019	Changeup	HOU	L	16	87.7	23.2	-6.5	-22	14.2	-0.2	-2
2019	Curveball	HOU	L	1	73.6	65.3	3.0	5	15.7	3.9	33
2019	4-Seamer	HOU	L	88	95.2	14.1	1.1	8	2.6	-5.4	-68
2019	Slider	HOU	L	37	83.1	45.2	5.4	14	11.0	4.0	57
2018	Changeup	HOU	L	15	87.6	26.1	-4.8	-16	15.8	1.7	12
2018	Slider	HOU	L	66	84.3	44.9	6.3	16	3.9	-1.9	-33
2018	4-Seamer	HOU	L	139	95.3	13.0	2.3	15	3.6	-4.5	-56

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Plate Discipline

Season	Pitches	Zone %	Zone Swing %	Zone Contact %	Chase %	Chase Contact %	Edge %	1st Pitch Swing %	Swing %	Whiff %	Meatball %	Meatball Swing %
2018	220	42.7	66.0	79.0	29.4	64.9	40.5	26.7	45.0	26.3	7.3	81.3
2019	142	42.3	66.7	77.5	31.7	73.1	43.0	38.9	46.5	24.2	4.9	71.4
ALL	362	42.5	66.2	78.4	30.3	68.3	41.4	32.1	45.6	25.5	6.4	78.3
MLB		48.6	66.0	83.0	28.2	59.8	42.7	28.2	46.6	24.2	7.3	75.0

Batted Ball Profile

Season	GB %	FB %	LD %	PU %	Pull %	Straight %	Oppo %	Weak %	Topped %	Under %	Flare/Burner %	Solid %	Barrel %
2018	57.7	15.4	23.1	3.8	30.8	53.8	15.4	0.0	46.2	19.2	23.1	7.7	3.8
2019	50.0	26.7	23.3	0.0	50.0	26.7	23.3	0.0	26.7	23.3	30.0	13.3	6.7
ALL	53.6	21.4	23.2	1.8	41.1	39.3	19.6	0.0	35.7	21.4	26.8	10.7	5.4
MLB	45.5	21.9	25.5	7.1	36.4	38.2	25.5	4.6	34.3	24.4	24.9	5.5	6.3

Statcast Shift Statistics

			vs RHH			vs LHH
Year	PA	wOBA	PA	Shifts	%	PA	Shifts	%
2018	45	.301	30	6	20.0	15	10	66.7
2019	36	.400	25	5	20.0	11	11	100.0

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Perez relies on 4 pitches. Four Seamer (62%), Slider (26.1%), Changeup (11.3%), Curve (0.7%),

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