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In July of 2017, a 16-year-old Everson Pereira was thrilling baseball fans across one of the northernmost regions of South America. The teenager already possessed physical gifts that projected him to be an above-average defender in center field, an above-average baserunner, and a hard line-drive hitter on the highest of baseball levels. When combined with the good instincts and a love for the game that was on display as well, the Yankees were impressed enough that they signed him to an international free agent contract.
Then, things got interesting.
2019 Stats (Short Season-A Staten Island): 74 PA, .171/.216/.257, 1 HR, 35.1 K%, 5.4 BB%, 46 wRC+