Even Ohtani looks up to Pérez — literally
This story was excerpted from Christina De Nicola’s Marlins Beat newsletter, which was written this week by Paige Leckie. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. It’s not too often that someone makes superstar two-way player Shohei Ohtani look small. After all, Ohtani is 6-foot-4 and 210 pounds. But last year, when Marlins top prospect Eury Pérez made the National League Futures team and flew to Los Angeles with his mentor, future teammate and All-Star Sandy Alcantara, he got quite a special opportunity. The 6-foot-8 Pérez got to meet Ohtani, a…
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