“Oswald Peraza was hitting lasers all over the field in The Bronx.”

“Peraza blistered pitch after pitch, including a line-drive home run launched against Ryan Weathers, and reached base in all four plate appearances in the 7-1 Angels victory.”

“He killed us, Stung three balls and then works a 12-pitch walk in his last at-bat. He was right in the middle of hurting us tonight.”

“Oswald Peraza was the Yankees' No. 2 prospect in 2022, sandwiched between No. 1 Anthony Volpe and No. 3 Jasson Domínguez.”

“Peraza played his way to a September 2022 debut and hit enough late in that season to earn a start at shortstop in the ALCS against the Astros.”

“Volpe outplayed him in camp and won an everyday job in the majors, and Peraza simply never hit enough in his sporadic major league stints to justify a shortstop competition.”

“He was shipped to the Angels at last year’s trade deadline in exchange for international bonus pool money and far-away outfield prospect Wilberson De Pena.”

“Peraza has not yet made the Yankees regret the trade, not hitting much last season, but he is off to a better start this season (batting .267 with an .838 OPS through 16 games while getting plenty of run at second and third base).”

“Against Weathers in the second inning, he smacked a single to center that left his bat at 110.1 mph, and in the fourth he waited on a changeup low in the zone and turned on it, drilling a home run to left for his third of the season to make it 4-0.”

“It was his first home run in his first game as a visitor after stroking just two in The Bronx in 69 games as a Yankee.”