Report: Twins agree to deal with LHP Perez

The Minnesota Twins agreed to a one-year, $3.5 million deal with left-hander Martin Perez, according to multiple reports. The deal is pending Perez passing a physical. A team option for 2020 is part of the deal.

Perez became a free agent when the Texas Rangers paid him a $750,000 buyout to avoid paying him $7.5 million for 2019. Perez, 27, was 2-7 with a 6.22 ERA in 22 appearances (15 starts) last season.

Perez fell and broke his non-pitching elbow in December 2017 while trying to avoid a charging bull at his offseason home in Venezuela. The injury bothered him into the 2018 campaign. Overall, Perez is 43-49 with a 4.63 ERA in 141 career appearances (128 starts) over parts of seven seasons, all with Texas.

--Field Level Media