ST. PETERSBURG — Oswald Peraza tuned out the noise. The followers calling for him to get a shot within the massive leagues and the hypothesis about who would get a spot when the roster expanded to twenty-eight on Sept. 1, was one thing he didn’t even hassle taking note of. When his teammate Oswaldo Cabrera received the decision earlier than him, Peraza mentioned he felt nothing however pleasure.
“For me, I’m so focused on my work, my development and my day-to-day responsibilities. You focus on that, on the training and everything that you’re working on,” Peraza mentioned of not listening to the noise exterior the sphere. “At the same time, to see fellow teammates make it to the big leagues, it’s also their dream, to make it to the big leagues. So that I feel joy and happiness for them, because they’ve been working hard to get to this level. And I focus on my preparation and day-to-day.”
And that focus received the 22-year-old to the large leagues on Friday the place he was not within the lineup towards the Rays, however Aaron Boone mentioned he would get loads of possibilities.
“I mean it’ll be fluid, he’ll get some opportunities and then how much he plays, how well he’s doing those kinds of things. We’ll just kind of continue to weigh that as we move forward,” Boone mentioned.
Peraza comes up at a time when the fan base is pissed off with beginning shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s defensive miscues and lack of offensive manufacturing. Kiner-Falefa is hitting .261/.310/.315 with a .625 OPS and one house run.
This will reduce into Kiner-Falefa’s taking part in time, however Boone mentioned Friday earlier than the sequence opener at Tropicana Field that the veteran stays his beginning shortstop.
“He will be an upgrade on both sides,” an American League scout who noticed Peraza earlier this season. “He’s smooth in the field, good hands, good arm. Good instincts. He has power. He’s not going to hit 30 homers, but he’ll give you more potential than Kiner-Falefa.”
The transfer got here on the heels of a Kiner-Falefa error that value the Yankees an embarrassing loss to the Angels Wednesday.
“I did talk to Izzy yeah, I’ve had a conversation about it with him,” Boone mentioned. “Izzy’s such a big part of what we’re doing and I expect them to continue to be right in the middle of everything we’re doing. And the best thing about Isiah is he wants to win. He’ll do anything it takes to be prepared and he’s gonna continue to play.”
Boone mentioned he would additionally presumably slide Peraza in at second base, the place he began taking part in this season. That is one other spot the Yankees are usually not getting a lot offensive manufacturing. Gleyber Torres is hitting .189/.222/.301 with 4 house runs within the final 35 video games. Also they count on Josh Donaldson to go on paternity go away quickly and Boone mentioned that he might presumably use Kiner-Falefa at third, the place he has performed previously with the Rangers.
A consensus top-100 prospect, Peraza was hitting .291/.365/.511 since June 1 and has 19 homers this season.
“I think it’s just his all-around game. He’s got the ability to impact the ball. We view him as a long term shortstop. So the ability to truly play that position,” Boone mentioned he favored about Peraza. “He’s a really good baserunner. He’s probably not a blazing fast guy, but right above average runner and really has really gotten good at whether it’s going first and third, obviously stealing a lot of bases down there. So his all-around game is what we view as his strength.”
Peraza was simply attempting to get himself settled Friday afternoon within the Yankees clubhouse.
“I mean, you’re short for words when you hear that you’re finally going into the big leagues. You might have an opportunity to play (shortstop) for the Yankees,” Peraza mentioned. “I am short for words to explain how I felt in the moment, thinking about the path and every you know, all the different levels to get here playing the sport since I was a little kid so yeah, very exciting.”
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