Hernan Perez is a fan favorite. He is always having fun in the clubhouse and is one of those guys that does not take sports too seriously. You like those guys. Sports are meant to be fun. Baseball needs more Hernan Perez type of players and less Brett Gardner types. Perez is no longer a part of the Milwaukee Brewers for now. Milwaukee cleared out a position on their 40-man roster by outrighting Perez to Triple-A. He decided to explore free agency. It is not to say Milwaukee cannot bring him back before Spring Training, but Brewers made the right move here.

INF/OF Hernán Pérez has been outrighted to Triple-A San Antonio and elected free agency. The 40-man roster now stands at 39. pic.twitter.com/qEkh1P8ECR

— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) October 16, 2019

Perez would have cost the Brewers three million dollars in arbitration while Cory Spangenberg who is similar to Perez cost only 1.5 million. It is a good cost-saving move by Milwaukee. Perez is not worth three million dollars. He has not played good baseball for the last few years. In a way, he became the new Casey McGehee where the media ignored how bad he’s been for the last couple of years because Perez was a good guy to all the media types. He had one standout year in 2016 when Milwaukee was in a rebuild. Perez is a perfect player for a rebuild. If I’m Baltimore or Miami, Perez would be a player that I want. But he declined each year after it. He never got better.

Brewers could bring back Perez though. They obviously like him. Perez potentially could return in February or March on a minor-league deal on the veteran minimum. But again if I were Perez, I’d look for struggling team where playing time could be copious versus limited opportunities with the Brewers.

Charlie.