As the Royals enter Spring Training, Kings of Kauffman will release a series of articles on the 25-man roster. We will be going through each individual player, including the locks, bubble players, and a few prospects. We will progress through the roster from the top down, continuing with the projected starting lineup. So far, we have looked at
Yordano Ventura, Edinson Volquez, Ian Kennedy, Chris Young, Danny Duffy, Kris Medlen, Luke Hochevar, Kelvin Herrera, Joakim Soria, and Wade Davis. Today, we will be looking at Salvador Perez
All statistics provided by Fangraphs, Baseball Reference, and Brooks Baseball
Projected Role – Starting Catcher
2015 Results
Salvador Perez is both an example of why advanced statistics are important, as well as why they are not all-powerful.