Perry was headed to Texas Tech out of the New Mexico high school ranks in 2022 until the Blue Jays swooped in to take him in the 12th round that summer and signed him for $200,000 ($75,000 of which counted toward their bonus pool). Perry suffered a torn UCL while in the Florida State League in 2024 and missed the 2025 season due to the resulting Tommy John surgery. He has very much returned to form in his age-22 campaign this year, first back with Single-A Dunedin before being promoted to High-A Vancouver in May.
Perry has enjoyed a nice velocity bump after his TJ recovery and rehab, going from averaging 92.1 mph with his four-seamer in ‘24 to 94.1 (touching 96.4) in FSL this spring. The 6-foot-2 right-hander generates a lot of spin on the heater, allowing it to generate decent ride on top of the improved velo. The extra heat has also allowed his breaking pitches to play up. He’s gone to his short 84-87 mph slider as his most-used secondary, utilizing its tight movement to place it well around right-handed bats, but he also drops in a 78-81 mph, 1-to-7 curveball that fools lefties too. After trying to find a changeup before the injury, Perry has worked with a mid-80s splitter that he’s still trying to locate consistently but is a better weapon than his previous offspeed option.
Perry’s velocity jump hasn’t come with extra effort in his delivery, and he throws his array of pitches from relatively easy mechanics. His walk rates have been solid early on in ’26 but much of that comes from low-level hitters expanding the zone up-and-armside on the fastball and low-and-gloveside on the breakers. He’ll likely settle into average control, enough to be a back-end rotation option eventually in Toronto.
