Martin Perez Fantasy Baseball Updates - Ben Rosener’s MLB Beat

Major League Baseball’s regular season continues, and with it comes the daily influx of baseball news that fantasy managers missed in the winter months. Lineup news, regular waiver wire moves, pitching assignments, and bullpen usage.

This column aims to cover any fantasy baseball news, big or small, and how it pertains to your fantasy team. Has a player who's usually been hitting in the middle of a lineup suddenly batting eighth or ninth for an extended period? The fantasy implications will be covered here.

The same goes for injuries and injured list placements and whether or not you should consider picking up a player who was recently called up. Basically, any kernel of fantasy news and its relevance to fantasy managers could be covered here. Today, the news of the day is the fantasy baseball impact of Texas Rangers pitcher Martin Perez reportedly moving to the bullpen as a long reliever.

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Fantasy Baseball Impact Of Martin Perez Reportedly Moving To A Long Relief Role

Texas Rangers starting pitcher Martin Perez is reportedly moving to the bullpen as a long reliever per a tweet from The Dallas Morning News’ Shawn McFarland on Thursday. McFarland tweeted the following:

So far this season, Perez has made 20 starts for the Rangers, logging a 4.98 ERA and a 5.32 FIP in 108.1 innings in the process. He’s struck out just 5.73 batters per nine innings, his lowest number in that category since 2018, and is walking 3.41 batters per nine frames. What’s more, the veteran has collected eight pitcher wins in his 20 starts, however, a switch to long relief could seriously hinder his chances of collecting more wins moving forward.

Truth be told, Perez's switch to a long relief role in the bullpen all but decimates his fantasy ceiling for the rest of the season – or for as long as he’s working in that role as a reliever. Not only does not get regular chances to log pitcher wins, but the veteran likely won’t be getting save chances in the bullpen either.

Fantasy managers can drop the 32-year-old to waivers in all but the deepest leagues, especially as he hasn’t logged high strikeout or low run-prevention metrics this season.

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