Royals give Perez deal through 2021

Mar 02, 2016, 08:57
Royals give Perez deal through 2021

In a February 23, 2016, file photo, Kansas City Royals' Salvador Perez gets ready to catch balls during spring training baseball practice, in Surprise, Ariz.

The Kansas City Royals have reached a five-year, $52.5 million contract extension with catcher Salvador Perez, reports MLB Network's Jon Heyman.

Perez's mother, Yilda Diaz, was carjacked at gunpoint Sunday in her hometown of Valencia, Venezuela. His mother was unharmed and the vehicle was later recovered by the national police.

Royals, Perez agree to deal adding $52.5M through 2021

The 25-year-old Perez is scheduled to make $2 million this season, the final guaranteed year of the contract he signed in 2012 that includes club options for 2017-19. The 25-year-old backstop has made three All-Star appearances in the past three seasons. He batted. 260 with a. 280 on-base percentage and a career-high 21 homers in 2015, the most home runs hit by a Royals catcher in a season.

"Salvy is easy to believe in", Moore said. Even with Lorenzo Cain, Eric Hosmer, Wade Davis, Mike Moustakas and Alcides Escobar due to hit free agency that winter, Perez will be around.

The reigning World Series MVP Salvador Perez has been one of the best bargains in baseball, signing his previous deal with Kansas City in 2012, giving him $7 million a year for the first five years and then three club-option years that had a combined worth of $14.75 million.

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Catchers are involved in virtually every play on the diamond, and Perez's fielding ability stands out even more than his traditional offensive power metrics.

"I still love my country. I like representing it and I'm never going to stop going to Venezuela, but now I'll spend less time there".

The violence has been slowly escalating since the 2013 death of Hugo Chavez, the nation's polarizing president.

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"Sometimes I understand why bad people do it. They have four kids, they don't have a job, they want to be able to buy food", Perez said.

After having all of this success and winning a World Series title, the only thing that was going wrong for the Venezualan backstop is that he was being drastically underpaid. Later that month, the club signed right-hander Ian Kennedy to a five-year, $72 million contract that will keep him in Kansas City through 2020 - should Kennedy not elect to use an opt-out clause after two seasons. But I have to protect my family.

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