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Salvador Perez

Salvador Perez

C/1B • Kansas City Royals Proj Rank 19 Actual 27 106 ADP • Trade Value
AB AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB FSP
239.20192622.254.339011.01
Compare to same point last season
249.23353114270.3570

Salvador Perez | Fantasy Outlook

Salvador Perez seeks to snap out of a recent funk during a six-game homestand.

The veteran backplate is currently mired in a slump, hitting just .176 over his last seven days and .158 over the past two weeks for the fourth-place Royals, who are riding a two-game win streak. Despite the cold stretch, he remains locked into a crucial daily role, splitting time as the primary designated hitter and the backup catcher behind Carter Jensen. His veteran presence is especially vital now with superstar teammate Bobby Witt Jr. battling knee soreness.

While his current .204 season average is a clear disappointment, our models expect positive regression back toward his projected .251 baseline and his established track record of heavy power. With nine home runs already on the year, he remains just five long balls away from tying George Brett’s franchise record, indicating that the elite raw power is still very much intact.

This week, the Royals host six games, starting with three against Texas and ending with three against Houston. Perez draws highly favorable matchups against high-ERA starters like Tatsuya Imai (5.24 ERA) and Mike Burrows (5.77 ERA), though he will face a tough test on Sunday against Spencer Arrighetti and his sparkling 1.94 ERA. Despite the recent slump, the volume and matchup advantages make him a clear weekly option. Start.

Updated 2 days ago

Salvador Perez Fantasy

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DATE OPP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG PTS
06/09 TEX 0 0 0 0 0 0 201 1
06/05 @MIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 204 1
06/04 @MIN 1 0 0 1 0 0 208 3
06/03 @CIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 207 0
06/02 @CIN 1 0 1 0 0 1 207 4
05/31 @TEX 0 0 0 0 0 0 206 0
05/30 @TEX 0 0 0 0 0 0 210 0
05/29 @TEX 1 0 0 0 0 1 215 4
05/27 NYY 1 0 0 0 0 0 214 1
05/26 NYY 0 0 0 0 0 0 212 0
05/25 NYY 1 1 2 1 0 1 215 8
05/24 SEA 3 0 1 3 0 0 213 8
05/23 SEA 0 0 0 0 0 0 202 1
05/22 SEA 0 0 0 0 0 0 206 1
05/20 BOS 3 1 1 1 0 0 211 9
05/19 BOS 0 0 0 0 0 2 199 3
05/18 BOS 0 0 0 0 0 0 201 0
05/17 @STL 2 1 1 2 0 1 205 10
05/16 @STL 0 0 0 0 0 0 195 0
05/15 @STL 1 0 1 0 0 0 200 2
05/14 @CHW 2 0 0 0 0 0 200 2
05/13 @CHW 0 0 0 0 0 0 193 0
05/12 @CHW 2 1 1 1 0 0 197 8
05/09 DET 0 0 0 0 0 0 191 -1
05/08 DET 0 0 0 0 0 1 195 1
05/07 CLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 199 0
05/06 CLE 0 0 0 1 0 1 206 1
05/05 CLE 1 0 0 2 0 0 209 2
05/04 CLE 1 0 1 1 0 0 207 4
05/03 @SEA 0 0 1 0 0 0 206 2
05/02 @SEA 1 0 0 0 0 0 211 -1
05/01 @SEA 2 0 2 2 0 0 210 8
04/30 @ATH 1 0 0 0 0 0 200 2
04/29 @ATH 1 0 0 1 0 0 198 3
04/28 @ATH 2 1 1 1 0 0 196 8
04/26 LAA 1 0 1 1 0 0 187 4
04/25 LAA 3 1 2 2 0 0 186 10
04/24 LAA 0 0 0 0 0 0 165 -2
04/22 BAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 172 0
04/21 BAL 1 0 0 0 0 0 180 3
04/20 BAL 3 0 1 0 0 0 176 4
04/19 @NYY 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 -1
04/17 @NYY 0 0 0 0 0 0 160 -1
04/16 @DET 2 1 1 4 0 0 169 9
04/15 @DET 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 -1
04/14 @DET 1 0 0 0 0 0 159 2
04/12 CHW 0 0 0 0 0 0 153 -1
04/11 CHW 1 0 0 0 0 0 164 0
04/10 CHW 1 0 0 0 0 0 157 2
04/09 CHW 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 0
04/08 @CLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 0
04/07 @CLE 0 0 0 0 0 1 171 2
04/06 @CLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 184 0
04/05 MIL 1 0 0 0 0 0 206 3
04/04 MIL 1 1 2 1 0 2 200 10
04/02 MIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 208 2
04/01 MIN 1 0 1 0 0 1 200 4
03/30 MIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 188 1
03/29 @ATL 0 0 0 0 0 0 167 0
03/28 @ATL 1 1 1 1 0 0 250 7
03/27 @ATL 1 0 0 0 0 0 250 2
Totals: 4892226012
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YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2012 KC 75 83 11 37 38 0 12 .292 .320 .465 206
2013 KC 134 144 13 48 79 0 21 .290 .321 .431 331
2014 KC 135 136 15 48 65 1 20 .258 .288 .397 305
2015 KC 140 137 21 52 70 1 13 .259 .280 .426 322
2016 KC 138 125 22 57 64 0 21 .243 .283 .432 305
2017 KC 128 126 27 57 80 1 17 .268 .297 .495 342
2018 KC 129 119 27 52 80 0 17 .233 .271 .437 318
2020 KC 37 50 11 22 32 1 3 .333 .353 .633 136
2021 KC 158 168 48 87 120 1 27 .276 .319 .553 563
2022 KC 107 97 20 43 68 0 18 .234 .276 .434 308
2023 KC 140 137 23 59 80 0 19 .256 .293 .424 390
2024 KC 164 166 28 59 106 0 44 .270 .328 .453 515
2025 KC 155 141 30 54 100 0 28 .236 .284 .446 478
2026 KC 62 48 9 22 26 0 12 .201 .254 .339 154
ON PACE 149 116 21 53 62 0 29 .201 .254 .339 372
3-YEAR AVG 153 148 27 57 95 0 30 .254 .303 .441 461
Career 1702 1677 305 697 1008 5 272 .258 .296 .450

Perez Projection

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AVG HR RBI R SB OBP SLG OPS 1B 2B 3B H AB BB SBN TB FPTS
.139 0.6 2.1 1.6 0.0 .182 .233 .415 2.9 0.5 0.0 4.2 24.8 1.1 0.0 6.7 14.4
AVG HR RBI R SB OBP SLG OPS 1B 2B 3B H AB BB SBN TB FPTS
.245 0.2 0.6 0.5 0 .294 .4175 .7115 0.7 0.2 0 1.1 4.2 0.2 0 1.8 3.4206
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Kansas City Royals

Roster Breakdown
NAME OWN START
Salvador Perez 76% 60%
Carter Jensen 46% 35%
NAME OWN START
Maikel Garcia 91% 67%
Vinnie Pasquantino 74% 59%
NAME OWN START
Bobby Witt Jr. 100% 89%
Michael Massey 6% 6%
Jonathan India 4% 0%
NAME OWN START
Jac Caglianone 46% 25%
Kyle Isbel 6% 3%
Isaac Collins 2% 1%
Lane Thomas 1% 0%
Starling Marte 1% 0%
NAME OWN START
Cole Ragans 92% 14%
Michael Wacha 82% 43%
Noah Cameron 59% 29%
Kris Bubic 55% 7%
Seth Lugo 55% 41%
Stephen Kolek 47% 31%
Luinder Avila 3% 2%
Kendry Chourio 1% 0%
NAME OWN START
Mason Miller 99% 99%
Carlos Estevez 37% 7%
Alex Lange 30% 28%
Lucas Erceg 27% 23%
Matt Strahm 12% 10%
Daniel Lynch IV 9% 9%

Team Rankings

AVG
.237
22nd
R
263
28th
HR
63
25th
RBI
254
26th
SB
49
13th
OBP
.312
22nd
SLG
.378
26th
OPS
.690
25th
W
28
25th
SV
19
12th
ERA
4.38
21st
WHIP
1.37
21st
QS
33
2nd
TeamW-LWin %GBRSRA
GuardiansGuardians37-32.536-279281
White SoxWhite Sox35-31.5300.5316307
TwinsTwins30-38.4416.5312344
RoyalsRoyals28-39.4188263309
TigersTigers28-39.4188270288

Team Stats

PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Salvador Perez6223922489260.201  
Carter Jensen6220127438310.214  
PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Vinnie Pasquantino6424026536302.221  
PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Michael Massey5114116376201.262  
Jonathan India174888280.167  
Nick Loftin338714201170.230  
Tyler Tolbert181353005.231  
PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Maikel Garcia6123730633244.266  
Josh Rojas2511020.200  
PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Bobby Witt Jr.67264337392723.277  
PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Jac Caglianone6119923528183.261  
Kyle Isbel5616416403115.244  
Isaac Collins5817922383163.212  
Lane Thomas5212012272143.225  
Starling Marte2966517150.258  
PlayerGPWLSVIPSOERAWHIPO/S
Michael Wacha1344081.0673.441.14  
Seth Lugo1324076.0643.911.36  
Noah Cameron1234065.2633.841.19  
Kris Bubic932050.1514.111.23  
Cole Ragans814035.1454.841.42  
Stephen Kolek731043.0303.141.07  
Luinder Avila1212031.1284.021.60  
Mason Black80009.2101.861.35  
Eric Cerantola30004.079.001.75  
Bailey Falter50209.2613.973.10  
Mitch Spence10004.0313.502.25  
Beck Way20001.1227.003.75  
PlayerGPWLSVIPSOERAWHIPO/S
Lucas Erceg26331224.0216.001.96  
Alex Lange2802430.0333.901.37  
John Schreiber2903126.0172.771.23  
Eli Morgan1301116.1155.511.90  
Daniel Lynch IV2720127.1291.980.95  
Matt Strahm2031019.1174.191.19  
Carlos Estévez10100.10162.0018.00  
Nick Mears2123019.1155.121.50  
Steven Cruz1612016.2247.021.62  

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Schedule

DATE OPP SCORE MATCHUP
06-09 TEXW 5-3Stephen Kolek
Nathan Eovaldi
06-10 TEX07:40 EDTSeth Lugo
MacKenzie Gore
06-11 TEX02:10 EDTMichael Wacha
Kumar Rocker
06-12 HOU08:10 EDTLuinder Avila
Tatsuya Imai
06-13 HOU07:10 EDTNoah Cameron
Mike Burrows
06-14 HOU02:10 EDTStephen Kolek
Spencer Arrighetti

Player Timeline

May 3rd

Salvador Perez Shows Off Surprising Agility in MLB Clip

Apr 29th

Salvador Perez and Bobby Witt Jr. Apologize and Gift Security Guard ...

Apr 16th

Salvador Perez Powers Royals Ahead with Go-Ahead Three-Run Homer

Apr 4th

Salvador Perez Puts Royals Ahead With Home Run to Center

Mar 28th

Salvador Perez Breaks Tie with Home Run for Royals

Mar 18th

Salvador Perez Holds Final Out Ball After Game-Ending Play

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