{"id":2077940,"date":"2025-10-08T20:36:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T20:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2077940"},"modified":"2025-10-08T20:36:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T20:36:08","slug":"royals-owner-makes-revealing-comment-on-salvador-perezs-future-in-kc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-owner-makes-revealing-comment-on-salvador-perezs-future-in-kc\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals Owner Makes Revealing Comment On Salvador Perez&#8217;s Future In KC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"style_hfl21i-o_O-style_uhlm2\"\/>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_ybqukn5nk\">The Kansas City Royals have made no bones about their feelings on catcher Salvador Perez&#8217;s roster status for next season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_k4rg5zxjq\">General manager J.J. Picollo has said repeatedly that Perez will be on the team. It&#8217;s just a question of whether the 35-year-old&#8217;s club option for $13.5 million gets picked up, or if the Royals instead work out an extension beyond next season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_jdderbmy6\">Still, as he continues aging, it&#8217;s reasonable to wonder whether Perez&#8217;s desires and the club&#8217;s willingness to put him in his preferred role will ever reach a point of contention. <\/p>\n<div data-mm-id=\"_n6ykz0lat\" class=\"\">\n<div class=\"style_120ff32\">\n<figure data-id=\"_n6ykz0lat\" class=\"base_1ruub6q\" data-mm-type=\"image\"><canvas class=\"style_1e28o3x-o_O-initial_9vayoh\"\/><picture class=\"base_1emrqjj-o_O-initial_fzbddc-o_O-style_1a1csmw\"><source\/><source\/><source\/><img class=\"base_1emrqjj-o_O-initial_fzbddc-o_O-style_1a1csmw\" alt=\"John Sherman\" title=\"John Sherman\"\/><\/picture><noscript><picture class=\"base_1emrqjj\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_3977,h_2237,x_0,y_51\/c_fill,w_360,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k7278tca9njh43jqgx.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_3977,h_2237,x_0,y_51\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k7278tca9njh43jqgx.jpg 2x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_3977,h_2237,x_0,y_51\/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k7278tca9njh43jqgx.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 719px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_3977,h_2237,x_0,y_51\/c_fill,w_620,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k7278tca9njh43jqgx.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_3977,h_2237,x_0,y_51\/c_fill,w_1240,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k7278tca9njh43jqgx.jpg 2x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_3977,h_2237,x_0,y_51\/c_fill,w_1240,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k7278tca9njh43jqgx.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 1079px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_3977,h_2237,x_0,y_51\/c_fill,w_620,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k7278tca9njh43jqgx.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_3977,h_2237,x_0,y_51\/c_fill,w_1240,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k7278tca9njh43jqgx.jpg 2x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_3977,h_2237,x_0,y_51\/c_fill,w_1240,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k7278tca9njh43jqgx.jpg 3x\" media=\"(min-width: 1080px)\"\/><\/picture><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><figcaption class=\"tagStyle_1ulimm5-o_O-text_1j8vahs\">Mar 28, 2024; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals owner John Sherman prior to a game against the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images \/ Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_6zwp6u08g\">As the Royals and Perez enter an offseason that could provide major hints about his long-term future with the club, principal owner John Sherman made one thing clear: He wants to see Perez remain in the same uniform for the rest of his career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_ry6v8r6dg\">\u201cI would love that,\u201d Sherman said, <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_1gn6yjz\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/royals\/news\/royals-owner-john-sherman-discusses-2025-26-offseason\" target=\"_blank\">per Anne Rogers<\/a> of MLB.com. \u201cThat would be our goal, too. I think he\u2019s a Hall of Famer. I know there\u2019s different ways to look at that. But if you look at his longevity, what he did this year, now with the 300 home runs and 1,000 RBIs, that\u2019s a pretty good body of work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_8oe6skozl\">Perez certainly isn&#8217;t a liability for the Royals yet. He just hit 30 home runs and drove in 100 RBIs this season, and his hard-hit metrics actually suggest he should have had much better numbers than his .729 OPS would indicate. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_p6apf0pve\">But Kansas City has a wealth of young catching talent, led by rookie Carter Jensen, and Perez had -15 blocks above average this season, putting him in the second percentile among all catchers despite only playing 92 games behind the plate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_wcxmwdl6x\">Perez means much more to the Royals than his production on either side of the ball. He&#8217;s the captain of the team and the last remaining player from the World Series-winning roster in 2015. And as long as both sides are committed to keeping the partnership alive, there should be a way to make it happen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_dl7rqqif5\">We&#8217;ll all have to wait and see how this winter plays out, but in the midst of a potentially awkward contract situation, all parties have thus far given nothing but positive indications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_5riw2wx98\"><em><strong>More MLB: <\/strong><\/em><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_1gn6yjz\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/royals\/news\/ex-royals-5-year-veteran-infielder-quietly-cuts-ties-with-orioles-jackson3\"><em><strong>Ex-Royals 5-Year Veteran Infielder Quietly Cuts Ties With Orioles<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.si.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Royals have made no bones about their feelings on catcher Salvador Perez&#8217;s roster status for next season. General manager J.J. Picollo has said repeatedly that Perez will be on the team. It&#8217;s just a question of whether the 35-year-old&#8217;s club option for $13.5 million gets picked up, or if the Royals instead [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2077941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2077940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Royals-Owner-Makes-Revealing-Comment-On-Salvador-Perezs-Future-In.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2077940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2077942,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077940\/revisions\/2077942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2077941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2077940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2077940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2077940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}