Salvador Perez continues to confound any kind of projection or model by simply mashing anything he sees, no matter what his age. Hitters with his lack of plate discipline aren’t supposed to have long-term sustainable success. Catchers aren’t supposed to continue to be productive in their later years. Salvador Perez scoffs at any attempts to put him in a conventional box.
Any notions of Salvador Perez’s offensive demise were premature. He rebounded from a disappointing 92 OPS+ last year to post a 119 this year, his best season since he led the league with 48 home runs at age 31 in 2021.