The A’s have signed 23-year old switch-hitting 2B/SS Darwin Perez to a minor league deal. Perez played in 126 games in AA-ball for the Angels last year and he was 87 of 407 (.214 avg, .600 OPS) with 51 runs scored, 6 homers, 36 RBIs and 15 stolen bases. He has now played in 652 games in his first seven years in the minors and he was 564 of 2,228 (.253 avg, .687 OPS) with 349 runs scored, 16 homers, 244 RBIs and 92 stolen bases. He will likely start the 2013 in AA-ball for the A’s.