Salvador Perez vs Sean Manaea

The Almanac's Take

Perez gets the platoon edge here as a right-handed bat against Manaea's left arm, and that's the cleanest part of this matchup — Manaea is carrying a 5.16 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, and has allowed 8 home runs in 68.0 innings this season, so the underlying exposure is real. Perez's own season line is rough (.212/.241/.349, .590 OPS), which tempers the read considerably — he's not a threat to get on base, but he's shown enough power (11 HR) to punish a mistake. The head-to-head is 19 PA, too thin to weight heavily, though the 95.3 mph average exit velocity and 3 home runs in that sample at least rhyme with Manaea's HR rate problem.

Career head-to-head

AVG

.316

6-for-19

PA

19

HR

3

K

4

BB

0

Pitches seen

56

Avg exit velo

95.3 mph

Career meetings in the Statcast era (2015–present). Even a clear edge over a handful of plate appearances is a small sample — read it as color, not a projection.

Pitch mix to the batter

Plate-appearance log

• 2025-07-13Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 91.4 mph
• 2025-07-13Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 94.4 mph
• 2024-04-13Home Run · 4-Seam Fastball 90.6 mph · 102.7 mph EV
• 2024-04-13Single · Sweeper 77.1 mph · 77.3 mph EV
• 2024-04-13Field Out · Cutter 88.5 mph · 95.6 mph EV
• 2023-04-08Strikeout · Changeup 88.4 mph
• 2023-04-08Hit By Pitch · Slider 85.8 mph
• 2023-04-08Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 95.5 mph · 92.3 mph EV
• 2022-08-28Strikeout · Slider 77.0 mph
• 2022-08-28Field Out · Slider 79.5 mph · 73.4 mph EV
• 2022-08-28Single · Changeup 86.0 mph · 81.1 mph EV
• 2021-09-15Home Run · Sinker 93.4 mph · 107.6 mph EV
• 2021-09-15Single · Sinker 93.3 mph · 111.4 mph EV
• 2021-09-15Field Out · Sinker 93.1 mph · 106.9 mph EV
• 2018-06-10Field Out · Sinker 90.3 mph · 90.7 mph EV
• 2018-06-10Home Run · Sinker 90.6 mph · 101.3 mph EV
• 2018-06-10Field Error · Sinker 91.7 mph · 98.9 mph EV
• 2016-09-14Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 94.7 mph · 101.6 mph EV
• 2016-09-14Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 93.9 mph · 92.9 mph EV