Atlanta manager Walt Weiss said after Sunday's 10-9 loss to the Mets that Perez will likely be placed on the 15-day injured list, despite X-rays on the left-hander's forearm coming back negative, Chad Bishop of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
Perez departed his start in the fifth inning after he was hit in the pitching arm by a 92-mph line drive off the bat of Juan Soto. The southpaw was dealt a third straight loss after allowing five runs (four earned) on six hits and two walks while striking out one batter across 4.1 innings. A minimum-length stint on the IL would have Perez back in Atlanta's rotation just after the All-Star break, though he's without a precise timeline to return for the moment.