The Astros knowledgeable reporters that they’ve launched reliever Blake Taylor and infielder Joe Perez, through Chandler Rome of The Athletic. Each gamers had cleared outright waivers this afternoon. Slightly than retain them at Triple-A Sugar Land, Houston elected to maneuver on solely.
Taylor made 92 appearances for Houston between 2020-22. The southpaw was usually profitable at maintaining runs off the board, working to a 3.06 ERA by means of 79 1/3 innings. Neither his 19.1% strikeout fee nor 12.6% stroll share have been significantly spectacular, although, and Taylor had more and more been pushed to low-leverage work.
He’d spent all of 2023 on elective task to Sugar Land. The 27-year-old carried a 5.15 ERA over 36 2/3 frames there, strolling over 13% of batters confronted towards a modest 14.9% strikeout fee. He misplaced his roster spot earlier this week when Houston snagged Jake Cousins off waivers from Milwaukee.
Perez was the roster casualty from the Justin Verlander commerce. The 23-year-old has one main league look, which got here as a pinch-hitter final season. A former second-round decide, the righty-hitting Perez has a below-average .255/.328/.399 slash over 357 Triple-A plate appearances this yr. Prospect evaluators have credited the 6-foot-1 nook infielder with promising uncooked energy however swing-and-miss issues. He’s gone down on strikes at a lofty 27.2% clip this season.
