WATCH: The Emotional Call-Up Video For Miami Marlins Prospect Eury Perez

Eury Perez, the Miami Marlins' top prospect, is being called up to the big leagues and will start on Friday night. He got the call to the big leagues from none other than reigning National League Cy Young winner Sandy Alcantara.

The Miami Marlins are calling up top prospect Eury Perez to the big leagues and he will start Friday against the Cincinnati Reds.

Perez is just 20-years-old and and will make the jump to Miami straight from Double-A.

He's the No. 1 prospect for the team and the No. 10 prospect in all of baseball, according to MLB.com.

Perez was called into the office at Double-A and eventually was told he was getting the call in a video message from Marlins ace and reigning Cy Young winner Sandy Alcantara. You can watch that below:

Speaking in Spanish, Alcantra told Perez: "I'm happy for you, an opportunity well deserved. I'll see you soon, love you man."

These never get old 🥹

In a surprise video, Sandy Alcantara broke the news to Eury Perez that he was getting called up to the big leagues 🫶

(via @Marlins)pic.twitter.com/OBMmYHApq4

— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) May 11, 2023

Perez went 3-1 with a 2.32 at Double-A.

From MLB.com:

Pérez's combination of size, stuff and polish is tough to top, starting with a fastball that parks at 94-97 mph and peaks at 100 and plays even better than its velocity thanks to its shape, running action and induced vertical break. His deceptive upper-80s changeup is just as nasty, generating an outstanding 61 percent swing-and-miss rate in 2022 thanks to its fade and tumble. After featuring an upper-70s curveball in the past, he added a tighter mid-80s slider last season that grades as plus more consistently than his bender.

The Marlins are currently 19-19 and seven games back of the Braves in the National League East.

They'll have an off day Thursday before taking on the Reds. The first pitch that Perez throws will be 6:40 p.m. ET.

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