Yankees Promote OF Everson Pereira To Double-A Somerset
Bridgewater, NJ – The New York Yankees have announced that outfielder Everson Pereira has been promoted to the Double-A Somerset Patriots. Pereira is currently ranked as New York’s No. 10 prospect according to MLB Pipeline.
Bridgewater, NJ – The New York Yankees have announced that outfielder Everson Pereira has been promoted to the Double-A Somerset Patriots. Pereira is currently ranked as New York’s No. 10 prospect according to MLB Pipeline.
The New York Yankees have promoted No. 10 prospect Everson Pereira to Double-A Somerset🚨 pic.twitter.com/bemYAar3xu
— Somerset Patriots (@SOMPatriots) July 13, 2022
Assigned to High-A Hudson Valley in April, Pereira has developed into a consistent hitter at the plate with a .297/.381/.622 slash line with nine home runs and a team-high 43 RBI. The 21-year-old also ranked first on the Renegades in hits (55) and runs scored (55).
Pereira was signed to a minor league contract by the Yankees in July of 2017 and later moved up through the minor league system, seeing an eventual break-out year in 2021.
Across rookie ball, Low-A Tampa and High-A Hudson Valley, the Venezuela-native slashed a combined .303/.398/.686 with 20 home runs and 57 RBI. For his successful season, Pereira would be named an MiLB.com Yankees Organizational All-Star for 2021.
Most recently, Pereira had his hottest stretch of the season with a seven-game hitting streak between July 4 to July 12 in which he batted .355 with two homers and 11 RBI.
He follows fellow Yankees prospect Austin Wells (No. 4) as another top-10 prospect addition to the Patriots. Somerset now holds three top-10 Yankees prospects in Anthony Volpe (No. 1), Wells and Pereira. The trio spent time as teammates in both Tampa and Hudson Valley last season.
About the Somerset Patriots
The Somerset Patriots are the New York Yankees Double-A Affiliate and develop today’s top minor league talent into the pinstriped superstars of tomorrow for MLB’s winningest team. The Patriots compete in the Double-A Eastern League and play their home games at TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, NJ, where fans of all ages and levels of baseball fandom get to enjoy the unique experience that is minor league baseball.
To learn more, visit: somersetpatriots.com.