Peralta is playing out the final season of a four-year, $53MM contract, and while he was quite productive through the first half of that pact, his performance has cratered across the past two seasons. BOSTON (AP) The Red Sox have agreed to a minor league contract with infielder Jhonny Peralta, 10 days after he was released by the St. Louis Cardinals. He’s spent time on the disabled list this year with an upper respiratory infection and, when healthy, has struggled through one of the worst prolonged stretches of his career. Jhonny Peralta agrees to minor league contract with Red Sox June 24, 2017 GMT BOSTON (AP) — The Red Sox have agreed to a minor league contract with infielder Jhonny Peralta, 10 days after he was released by the St. Louis Cardinals. Boston also added former Detroit stalwart More rumblings from Cafardo as the trade deadline approaches:It’s no surprise that Peralta cleared waivers. Boston Peralta is playing out the final season of a four-year, $53MM contract, and while he was quite productive through the first half of that pact, his performance has cratered across the past two seasons.

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The 35-year-old Peralta tore a ligament in his thumb in Spring Training 2016 and never seemed to fully recover.
In 58 plate appearances this season, Peralta has batted just .204/.259/.204. He went on to have a second DL stint for the same thumb later that summer and finished up the ’16 campaign with a pedestrian .260/.307/.408 batting line in just 82 games.The 2017 campaign, however, has been infinitely worse for Peralta. But he’s hitting only .204/.259/.204 through 58 plate appearances.The story is similar on the defensive side of the spectrum.

Peralta, 35, was released by the Cardinals earlier this season partway through the fourth and final season of the $53MM pact he inked with the team in the 2013-14 offseason. Once a quality defender at short, in spite of limited ranger, Peralta has also seen his defensive ratings slip in recent years.Previously, of course, Peralta was long an everyday regular.

Right fielder For Washington on Sunday, life without Eaton began with a 23-5 drubbing of the NL East rival Mets. He’s earning $10MM in 2017, the final season of the four-year free agent deal he signed when he joined the Cards.At 35 years of age, Peralta seems to have hit a wall. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy Generally regarded as a solid, albeit unspectacular shortstop, Peralta has drawn negative reviews for his glovework since the start of 2015 — even after moving over to third base last year.


DRS and UZR have both pegged him at average thus far in 2017, though that’s in a sample of just 114 innings.Still, it’s easy to imagine rival organizations taking a look at a player who was an All-Star in 2015. The Cardinals will be on the hook for the remainder of his salary (roughly $6.29MM through season’s end), minus that pro-rated league minimum sum he’d get were he to sign with another club.The Boston Globe’s Nick Cafardo shares some hot stove rumblings and more in When announcing Eaton’s injury Sunday, Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo mentioned that he’s confident in the team’s in-house center field options. All said, for clubs in need of some versatility around the diamond, taking a chance on the 15-year MLB veteran may hold quite a bit of appeal.The Cardinals announced on Friday that they’ve designated veteran infielder Peralta is playing out the final season of a four-year, $53MM contract, and while he was quite productive through the first half of that pact, his performance has cratered across the past two seasons. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC.

BOSTON (AP) The Red Sox have agreed to a minor league contract with infielder Jhonny Peralta, 10 days after he was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.Boston president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said Friday that Peralta will play third base for Triple-Pawtucket and is expected to report on Monday.The Red Sox were seeking to add depth while Pablo Sandoval is dealing with an inner ear infection that sent him to the disabled list this week.Peralta, 35, is a three-time All-Star. All Rights Reserved. Tim Britton of the Providence Journal The Red Sox have agreed to a minors deal with veteran infielder Boston has struggled to find a solution at the hot corner this year.

With Peralta is earning $10MM this season, so it’s all but certain that he’ll clear waivers and be formally released in the coming days. As GM John Mozeliak explained, Peralta simply wasn’t going to have the opportunity to accumulate much playing time. Even if he’s not capable of handling short on a day-to-day basis, it helps that he brings so much experience at the position.

Jhonny Peralta contract: Shortstop agrees to 4-year, $52 million deal New, 1 comment Pending a successful physical, Peralta will sign a deal worth over $50 million. That included a run with the Tigers, then run by current Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski.

The ineffective Peralta, 35, was cut loose recently by the Cardinals after a rough start to the season.

He currently resides in Santiago, Santiago, D.R.. MLB infielder who was named to his first ever All-Star game with the Detroit Tigers in 2011; signed a $53 million contract with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2013.

Free agent shortstop Jhonny Peralta and the St. Louis Cardinals have agreed on a four-year contract, giving the All-Star a fresh start after his Biogenesis drug suspension last summer.