Salvador Pérez has been the best Latin receiver of the modern era for more than a decade, but the numbers for 162 games reveal something that goes beyond loyalty to a team: Salvy bats like the great immortals of that position. With 29 HR and 96 RBI adjusted for full season, he is right there with Johnny Bench, Mike Piazza and Yogi Berra, the receivers who already have a badge in Cooperstown. The numbers that put him in the same conversation as t…
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Salvador Pérez has been the best Latin receiver of the modern era for more than a decade, but the numbers for 162 games reveal something that goes beyond loyalty to a team: Salvy bats like the great immortals of that position. With 29 HR and 96 RBI adjusted for full season, he is right there with Johnny Bench, Mike Piazza and Yogi Berra, the receivers who already have a badge in Cooperstown. The numbers that put him in the same conversation as t…