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Financial terms weren't disclosed, but multiple
media outlets reported that Perez's deal is worth $4 million. He
will get a $3.5 million salary in 2019, and the club holds a
$7.5 million option, with a $500,000 buyout, for 2020.
Perez, 27, became a free agent when the Texas Rangers paid him a
$750,000 buyout to avoid paying him $7.5 million for 2019.
He went 2-7 with a 6.22 ERA in 22 appearances (15 starts) last
season. Perez fell and broke his non-pitching elbow in December
2017 while trying to avoid a charging bull at his offseason home
in Venezuela. The injury bothered him into the 2018 campaign.
Overall, Perez is 43-49 with a 4.63 ERA in 141 career
appearances (128 starts) over parts of seven seasons, all with
Texas. He missed large parts of 2014 and 2015 after undergoing
Tommy John surgery.
Perez is expected to join a rotation that includes right-handers
Kyle Gibson, Jake Odorizzi and Jose Berrios and possibly
right-hander Michael Pineda, who is coming back after missing a
year due to Tommy John surgery.
The Twins created a spot for Perez on the 40-man roster by
designating right-hander Chase De Jong for assignment. De Jong,
25, went 1-1 with a 3.57 ERA in four starts for Minnesota last
year. He broke into the major leagues with the Seattle Mariners
in 2017, going 0-3 with a 6.35 ERA in seven games (four starts).
--Field Level Media
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