Scary Gerry has emerged as a clear leader on this team despite playing just his age 24 season.
Overview
- Rating: 7.47
- 2024 Stats: 98 G, 388 PA, .273/.344/.374, 101 OPS+, 3.5 bWAR, 2.0 fWAR
- Date of Birth: 10/22/1999 (age 24 season)
- 2024 Earnings: Pre-arbitration
- 2025 Status: arbitration eligible
Geraldo Perdomo has quickly become one of the leaders of this team. Leadership is a sought after quality especially at a position like SS, but is rather hard to quantify the value of such an attribute. Being hard to quantify the value of has almost become Geraldo Perdomo’s MO.
As a hitter, a guy hitting .273 with 3 HR and 37 RBI doesn’t exactly jump off the page to the average fan. Even more so the SS position was especially deep in 2024 with 10 SS’s having an OPS of .800 or greater at a traditionally defense first position. However, not so far behind that group is Perdomo at .717 despite only the 3 home runs. Why? Que Billy Beane: He gets on base!
Perdomo ranked 7th tied with MVP runner up Francisco Lindor in OBP at an astonishing .344. He accomplishes this with an elite eye at the plate as he finished in the 96th percentile or greater each of the past 2 seasons in chase%.
Aside from an elite eye, Perdomo also possesses an elite bat to ball tool as he also finished in the 96th percentile or greater the past 2 seasons in whiff%.
Having an elite eye and bat to ball skills allows Perdomo to consistently out perform expectations each season. Amongst players with at least 300 PA in 2024, Perdomo was 4th in BA-xBA with a .042. In 2023 he outperformed by the exact same .042 rate.
Perdomo is also historically a clutch player batting .287 in 2024 with runners in scoring position.
Where the metrics are a little polarizing on Perdomo’s 2024 season are the fielding metrics. Savant having Perdomo as a 2 win player while baseball reference a 3.5 WAR player. The differences being in the defensive value where savant actually has him a tick below average at SS in 2024 due to decreased range ratings while reference has him above average in OAA. This is actually fairly remarkable considering Perdomo only appeared in 98 games for the Dbacks in 2024 and WAR is a value based statistic heavily impacted by playing time. You are talking about a 3.5-5 win player had he played in 150 games.
2025 Outlook
Due to his emergence as a leader on the field, fielding ability, and his elite eye and bat to ball skills there is no reason not to believe he will get the bulk of the games at SS in 2025 and continue to provide value. Top prospect Jordan Lawlar would have to do so much to take innings away from Perdomo, that is unlikely to happen. It is also reasonable to see advances in Perdomo’s game particularly his range at SS which savant had as below average in 2024 likely due to his knee surgery limiting his mobility. Especially because he was above average in range when healthy in 2023. It is also important to remember Perdomo is still only going to be 25 for the 2025 season so his best years are still likely in front of him.
He may never be a star level player due to his lack of power, however a 25 year old SS with above average defensive skills at SS who gets on base at a near 35% rate ahead of guys like Ketel Marte and Corbin Carroll carries a lot of value!