Jose Peraza Biography
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- Born April 30, 1994
Peraza signed with the Atlanta Braves for $350,000 as an international free agent on July 2, 2010. He made his professional debut in 2011 for the Dominican Summer League Braves. Peraza split the 2012 season between the Gulf Coast League Braves and the Danville Braves. He was promoted to the Rome Braves in 2013, where he spent the whole season. He started 2014 with the Lynchburg Hillcats of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League. In 66 games with Lynchburg, Peraza batted .342 and stole 35 bases. He was promoted to the Mississippi Braves of the Class AA Southern League in June, and selected to play in the All-Star Futures Game in July. Peraza was also named the Braves top prospect and #58 on MLB.com\'s Top 100 list. He hit .339/364/.441 with 60 stolen bases between the two levels. At the end of the season, Peraza was named the Braves Minor League Player of the Year.\n', '
The Braves added Peraza to their 40-man roster on November 19, 2014, to protect him from being selected in the Rule 5 draft. He was invited to spring training in 2015, and sent down on March 16 to begin the season with the Gwinnett Braves of the Class AAA International League. With the emergence of Jace Peterson at second base, the Braves decided to begin starting Peraza at center field to increase his experience in the outfield and overall versatility. When outfielder Mallex Smith was promoted to Triple-A in June 2015, Peraza returned to man second base.\n', '
On July 30, 2015, in a three-team trade, the Los Angeles Dodgers acquired Peraza, Mat Latos, Michael Morse, Bronson Arroyo, Alex Wood, Jim Johnson, and Luis Avilán, while the Miami Marlins acquired minor league pitchers Victor Araujo, Jeff Brigham, and Kevin Guzman, and the Braves received Héctor Olivera, Paco Rodriguez, minor league pitcher Zachary Bird and a competitive balance draft pick for the 2016 MLB Draft. He was initially assigned to the Oklahoma City Dodgers of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League, however, he was promoted him to the major league roster on August 10 and made his debut that night as the starting second baseman against the Washington Nationals. His first major league hit was a triple off of Nationals starter Gio González. He was the third Los Angeles Dodger to hit a triple in his first major league game, joining Doug Rau in 1972 and Gary Moore in 1970. He wound up battling hamstring injuries during his time with the club and only played in seven games before he was shut down for good. In those games, he had four hits (including one double and one triple) in 22 at-bats for a .182 average and also stole three bases.\n', '
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