Salvador Perez Going “Year By Year” With His Career

It’s been a rough season for Salvador Perez, whose -1.0 fWAR is the lowest of any qualified hitter in baseball. Perez has 19 home runs and is still en route to his tenth season of 20-plus homers, but he has otherwise hit just .228/.273/.383 over 574 plate appearances, translating to a career-low 77 wRC+. Perez turns 37 next May, and 2027 is the last season of the two-year, $25MM extension he signed with the Royals last November. Given Perez’s age and declining numbers, discussion of retirement is inevitable, but the catcher told MLB.com’s Anne Rogers that “[the] only thing I…