Salvador Perez-kc Royals

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Salvador Perez-kc Royals

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Colleen Taylor

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Salvador Johan Perez Diaz is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is a four-time MLB All-Star, four-time Gold Glove Award winner, and won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award when the Royals won the 2015 World Series.
He was abandoned by his father at age four and raised by his mother, Yilda Diaz. When he was eight years old, the two relocated to Valencia to live with Yilda's mother, Carmen de Diaz. Yilda supported the family by selling homemade cakes, flan, and lasagna.

To keep her only child busy, Yilda enrolled him in a baseball school in Valencia, where he showed an ability to throw, catch, and hit balls as young as age six. He played pitcher and shortstop with teams competing in state and national tournaments. At age eight, he indicated his preference to play catcher, and, at 14, set his mind to playing that position professionally. Perez played with and against current Major Leaguer and fellow Venezuelan second baseman Jose Altuve during his boyhood.

Perez was signed by the Royals when he was 16 years old. His minor league career began in 2007 when he was placed in the Arizona Rookie League. His stats through his career are mind blowing. On March 1, 2016. Perez signed a five-year extension to remain with the team. Perez would finish the 2016 season with 22 home runs, more than any other American League catcher en route to his first career Silver Slugger award. Perez won his fourth consecutive Gold Glove Award on November 8th.

Near the end of the 2013 season, teammate Alcides Escobar sprayed Perez with Victoria's Secret women's perfume and he had four hits. Perez continued to wear perfume during games as a good-luck charm, switching to 212 VIP cologne by Carolina Herrera in 2014. Source: Wikipedia

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