Cristian Perez - Former Advance Scouting Coach, Cincinnati Reds

This week, we’re doing things a bit differently on Expected Value. Producer Sergio De La Espriella has taken over Expected Value and conducted an interview in Spanish, as a way of expanding accessibility to data and analytics information to the Spanish-speaking public. Our Spanish-speaking guest is Cristian Perez. Cristian is coming off a four year stint with the Cincinnati Reds where he served as an Assistant Bullpen & Advance Scouting Coach. He also played college baseball at Duke University & the University of Southern California. In this conversation, Cristian talks about…

  • How he ended up getting into baseball

  • His earliest experience with baseball analytics

  • Why forming relationships is such an important part of coaching

  • How much access Latin American players have to analytics

  • What can be done to make analytics more digestable to Latin American players

  • His favorite moments from his playing career and his time as a MLB coach

  • His favorite place to eat in South Florida

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