Bio
INF Daniel Perez returns to the Explorers for the 2024 season after signing with the club on November 14, 2023. Perez played in 74 games for Sioux City in 2023 where he hit .229 with nine home runs and 35 RBI. Perez had 11 multi-hit games and had bookend series in August where he was a key contributor to a pair of series wins. On August 1 and 2, he went 5-for-11 in the first two games of a three-game sweep over the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks at Lewis and Clark Park. On August 2, Perez launched two home runs with a season-high four RBI, going 2-for-5 in the X’s win. Later in the month, Perez would have back-to-back home run games on August 22 and 23 as the X’s took two of three from the Milwaukee Milkmen. He would finish third on the team in home runs and fourth in RBI during the 2023 season. In the field Perez would play 53 games at first base and another two in the outfield.
Pérez came over to the Explorers from the Cuban National Series inking as a free agent on January 24, 2023. Perez would spend his first seven professional seasons in the Cuban National Series. In his last season with the Cienfuegos, who he played his entire career with, he experienced his best season when he batted .352 with a .447 OBP and .898 OPS.