Carlos Pérez (catcher, born 1990)

Carlos Eduardo Pérez Álvarez (born October 27, 1990) is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher in the Chicago Cubs organization.

He made his professional debut with the Dominican Summer League Blue Jays, hitting .306 across 58 contests.

In 2009, Pérez played in 43 games for the rookie–level Gulf Coast Blue Jays, batting .291/.364/.433 with 1 home run and 21 RBI.

[1] Pérez spent the 2010 season with the Low–A Auburn Doubledays, playing in 66 games and hitting .298/.396/.438 with 2 home runs and 41 RBI.

[9][10] In his major league debut on May 5, 2015, he hit a walk-off home run off of Dominic Leone giving the Angels a 5–4 victory over the Seattle Mariners.

In 2017, he played the majority of the season with the Triple–A Salt Lake Bees, he was promoted when rosters expanded in September.

[12] Pérez was designated for assignment on March 28, 2018, in order to make room for Shohei Ohtani on the Angels roster.

The Braves designated Pérez for assignment on April 27, after Tyler Flowers was activated from the injured list.

He spent the majority of the year with the Double-A Bowie Baysox, also appearing briefly for the Triple-A Norfolk Tides.

[23] Pérez played in 117 games for the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes, slashing .254/.341/.524 with 31 home runs and 87 RBIs.

[25] However, on March 19, Pérez signed a minor league contract to return to the Oakland Athletics organization.