There are always winners and losers in the annual spring competition to make the Opening Day roster, and for Oswald Peraza this time he didn’t make the mark. The 23-year-old infielder will be reporting to Scranton for the start of the 2023 season, getting demoted to Triple-A after ending last year with a brief stint with the major league team.
Peraza entered camp in a clear competition for a starting role with the team, and had a big of a leg up on his main competitors. He had replaced Isiah Kiner-Falefa at shortstop late in the year and made critical starts in the postseason, despite not getting much playing time after his initial callup, putting him in line to grab the job outright with a decent performance in spring.