Within the minors, the place gamers usually make meager salaries, Pérez mentioned he didn’t see many gamers spraying themselves earlier than video games. However within the majors, every part is extra, from the paychecks to the notoriety.
“You’ve received to look good,” mentioned Astros infielder Aledmys Díaz, 31, a Cuban. “That is the present.”
Earlier than he defected from Cuba in 2016, Gurriel mentioned he used a cologne from the Antonio Banderas Assortment — the one cologne model he may discover. In the US, he has extra choices and cash, so he buys extra regularly. And since he performs first base, he will get visits from opponents all through the sport.
“All of the gamers at all times inform me, ‘You at all times scent good,’” he mentioned, laughing.
Francisco Lindor, the Mets shortstop from Puerto Rico, rotates between half a dozen scents earlier than video games and typically mixes them. He mentioned that if gamers catch a whiff of one thing they like on the sector, they ask one another what they’re carrying.
Despite the fact that most gamers are sometimes a number of dozen toes away from one another on the sector, Suárez mentioned he likes listening to that he smells good. Pérez mentioned he can typically choose up the aroma of Luis Severino, a Dominican pitcher for the Yankees who makes use of a ladies’s physique splash, regardless of Severino being 60 toes 6 inches away when dealing with him.
“I’m a catcher so I sweat quite a bit,” Pérez mentioned, pointing to all his gear. “So just a little fragrance helps. The umpires say, ‘Oh Salvy, you scent good.’ I say, ‘Thanks. Give me some strikes.’”
