What could Freddy Peralta fetch in a trade?

[TURBO]

USA Today’s Bob Nightengale reports that “the Brewers are planning to keep” Freddy Peralta.

 

There have been plenty of trade rumors swirling around Peralta, but the 29-year-old is signed for just $8 million next year, which is a major bargain. There is a chance the Brewers could look to trade him in the middle of the season if they are unable to contend, but, for now, it appears unlikely that Peralta will be on the move.

 

Source: USA Today

[Madhawk23]

Man I wish Jim Duquette was still a GM…..and was running the NY Mets!

https://x.com/metcastpod/status/1988802658115989506?s=46&t=83zVtbZ6qN5Qh6uJB35lLA

[TURBO]

DONE!

:)

[wallus]

1 hour ago, Madhawk23 said:

Man I wish Jim Duquette was still a GM…..and was running the NY Mets!

https://x.com/metcastpod/status/1988802658115989506?s=46&t=83zVtbZ6qN5Qh6uJB35lLA

I guess he said Sproat or Tong which would make much more sense.

[Madhawk23]

33 minutes ago, wallus said:

I guess he said Sproat or Tong which would make much more sense.

Yeah, I did see that after I posted this. Never has the obmission of the word "OR" meant so much!  Certainly is a much more realistic trade proposal if it's Sproat OR Tong and not both.  

[tmwiese55]

On 11/5/2025 at 1:07 PM, Madhawk23 said:

Do the M's really need another SP? I could see them making a run at someone like Skubal, who's one of the top 2-3 SP's in the game right now and would be a real difference maker for any team, but I'm not sure if they'd really have a need for a guy like Freddy who's going to be more of a mid-rotation type arm for them.  The Mets or Red Sox on the other hand are the teams that I think would make a bit more sense on a potential Freddy deal.  

I didn't double check, but I'm almost positive Skubal is from the area originally. so it's probably a play for them trying to sign him long term.  So just adding that bit of context.   Think how many big ticket FAs they get involved in but none of them actually sign, they might think he's the one that finally does.

Your point is generally right though with their SP strength already.  But maybe they try to trade Castillo to offset some money. IDK the contract status on the younger guys, but maybe they trade one to restock the farm rather than commit money to them if they have Skubal instead.

[Sugarrayray]

On 10/21/2025 at 12:56 PM, Roderick said:

If you are GM you have to at least see what you can get for Peralta.  In my mind, if you can't get a young, mostly proven 3B/2B/SS to move Ortiz to utility than you need to find a young starter that can come right in and be an option to be one of the 5 starters.  There are enough question marks on the SP roster that having options is a good thing.

Priester, Miz, Patrick, Henderson, Myers, Ashby (I think they really need to push this hard), Hall (maybe).

If they trade Peralta for the IF bat, then you probably have to find another Quintana to sign to feel comfortable having starters to get through the year.

Well said. Although I’m putting Gasser well ahead of Myers, Ashby, and Hall on the starting pitching depth chart.

And as far as Hall goes - he is so profoundly unreliable they should strongly consider just making him a one inning reliever at this point. His stuff would play up, he could pitch fewer innings, and when the Orioles put him in that position he had easily the most success he’s had in his career.

[jay87shot]

I know the Dodgers have enough pitching bit with all the injuries Freddy could be the best ever 5th/6th starter with Yama/Ohtani/Snell/Glasnow/Sasaki. I seriously doubt the Dodgers would go after pitching but like I said the injuries could create an opening. I would hate to give the Dodgers more but Freddy for Emmett Sheehan and Alex Freeland (or one of their other top 6/7prospects) would be a haul that would be hard to turn down.

[Madhawk23]

11 hours ago, jay87shot said:

I know the Dodgers have enough pitching bit with all the injuries Freddy could be the best ever 5th/6th starter with Yama/Ohtani/Snell/Glasnow/Sasaki. I seriously doubt the Dodgers would go after pitching but like I said the injuries could create an opening. I would hate to give the Dodgers more but Freddy for Emmett Sheehan and Alex Freeland (or one of their other top 6/7prospects) would be a haul that would be hard to turn down.

I definitely like the creativity here with suggesting the Dodgers, but as you pretty much acknowledged in your post - the Dodgers just really don't have a need for Freddy, and even if they did - they are way too smart to give up both Sheehan and Freeland for one-year of Fred.  

[jay87shot]

47 minutes ago, Madhawk23 said:

I definitely like the creativity here with suggesting the Dodgers, but as you pretty much acknowledged in your post - the Dodgers just really don't have a need for Freddy, and even if they did - they are way too smart to give up both Sheehan and Freeland for one-year of Fred.  

My guess would be that they would extend him right away but yeah I don't see them doing that even through they don't have many needs.

[landoc88]

There is absolutely ZERO REASON to help the Dodgers by trading Freddy to them. 

[jay87shot]

15 hours ago, landoc88 said:

There is absolutely ZERO REASON to help the Dodgers by trading Freddy to them. 

If it would be truly the best package and return I wouldn't have a problem with it. I get that they are the biggest obsticle to a ship right now. However if they want to overpay for Freddy I am ok with it because they would just move on and trade for a different high end pitcher. Therefore we would still have to face a big name starter instead of Freddy and would have gotten a potentially smaller return.

I would make a team like the Dodgers or Cubs massively overpay if it is decided that we would trade Freddy. That being said I don't think we will trade him and if we do I think that other teams would offer us better packages anyway.

[jay87shot]

The Mets are shopping Kodei Senga, his contract isn't terrible and he could be part of an interesting return for Freddy. I get he has injury concerns and his control/innings per start aren't great but he is a top of the rotation arm. Would Senga, Sproat, Mauricio, and a younger prospect for Freddy and Megill (both mostly offset the Senga contract). Would you upgrade one of the younger guys.

[wntrtxn21]

2 hours ago, jay87shot said:

The Mets are shopping Kodei Senga, his contract isn't terrible and he could be part of an interesting return for Freddy. I get he has injury concerns and his control/innings per start aren't great but he is a top of the rotation arm. Would Senga, Sproat, Mauricio, and a younger prospect for Freddy and Megill (both mostly offset the Senga contract). Would you upgrade one of the younger guys.

If the Brewers are going to trade Peralta, I'd much rather they put him in a pkg. for a power hitting OF or IF. I don't think Senga isn't worth $30M to the Brewers. Sproat to me is a #5/longman type prospect. (Tong woud be a different story). Mauricio could help somewhat, but he doesn't solve the power bat problem. 

[Matt]

I don't think there's any reason to make an MLB ready IF the centerpiece of a Freddy deal. The guys they have now are good enough to hold down the fort until the kids arrive, which might be as soon as 2026. 

Arms, high upside guys in the low minors, or keep him and take the pick. 

[BrewerFan]

On 10/31/2025 at 1:30 PM, Madhawk23 said:

Any chance the Red Sox would be in play on a Freddy Peralta trade this winter?  And if so, any chance we could do a similar type of a trade (as mentioned above to the Mets) where we include Megill in the trade too to up the package coming back?  

Red Sox get: Freddy Peralta and Trevor Megill

Brewers get: Jarren Duran and Connelly Early (or Payton Tolle)

I don't see the Brewers keeping Woodruff and then dealing their ace and their closer.

I also just don't see the Red Sox trading Duran and a top 100 prospect who is MLB ready for Peralta. Duran has been 8.7 and 4.7 WAR the last two years.

I would think Witherspoon and then a Brandon Clarke or a Luis Perales type. You can wait for him to recover from TJ. He's got closer upside. Kyson Witherspoon is a potential Ace and I think the Brewers could develop him... very well. Stuff is incredible.

I'd imagine Boston would want to ensure they could sign Peralta for... ~6/150 or 6/170. 

San Diego is even more likely. They're so impatient.
Kruz Schoolcraft+Miguel Mendez... again, a TOR arm and a guy who could be a high leverage reliever sooner than later but a starter who'd be...2-3 years likely behind.

Witherspoon would be a good 4 years most likely(though arms like that can move quickly). 

JR Ritchie or Cam Caminiti+...whoever.

 

That'd what it'd take. The Brewers ACTUAL scouting lining up with my superficial glance at the scouting reports and reading "touches 101 with a plus slider but command controls," and determining that feel like they can make an adjustment to get his command under control.

 

Short of that, Peralta, Priester, Woodruff, Misiorowski, Patrick with Ashby, Myers, Henderson, as potential starters and then Wichrowski, Hardin among others as potential AAA depth options... that feels worth it if we're not going to get more than DL Hall(with respect to Hall who I think is a very solid, but not impact pitcher). 

 

[jay87shot]

What about Freddy to the Mets for OF Carson Benge, SS Elian Pena, and P Zach Thorton? This would be a more prospect based package however, Benge would be perfect CF option who would be mlb ready at some point this year. Pena has Made/Chourio style upside and Thorton doesn't have huge stuff but looks like a good bet to be a solid 4/5 with high end control. I would doubt the Mets would part with Pena but if Tong and McLean aren't on the table this would be a package I would be very happy with. I would be pretty happy if Thorton or a 3rd piece wasn't involved.

[wntrtxn21]

6 hours ago, jay87shot said:

What about Freddy to the Mets for OF Carson Benge, SS Elian Pena, and P Zach Thorton? This would be a more prospect based package however, Benge would be perfect CF option who would be mlb ready at some point this year. Pena has Made/Chourio style upside and Thorton doesn't have huge stuff but looks like a good bet to be a solid 4/5 with high end control. I would doubt the Mets would part with Pena but if Tong and McLean aren't on the table this would be a package I would be very happy with. I would be pretty happy if Thorton or a 3rd piece wasn't involved.

I don't see Milwaukee trading Peralta for such a low level package. Benge has to prove he can hit better pitching and isn't the power bat they need. Pena is way too young to even evaluate and too many years away. Thorton looks to be the #5 type guy that is more of a throw-in than a prospect. I think the Brewers are in a "go for it all" mode and would want immediate impact players. Otherwise just keep Peralta and take the comp pick.

[wiguy94]

6 hours ago, jay87shot said:

What about Freddy to the Mets for OF Carson Benge, SS Elian Pena, and P Zach Thorton? This would be a more prospect based package however, Benge would be perfect CF option who would be mlb ready at some point this year. Pena has Made/Chourio style upside and Thorton doesn't have huge stuff but looks like a good bet to be a solid 4/5 with high end control. I would doubt the Mets would part with Pena but if Tong and McLean aren't on the table this would be a package I would be very happy with. I would be pretty happy if Thorton or a 3rd piece wasn't involved.

I don't think that's a realistic offer. I don't think you can get a Benge level prospect for 1 year of Freddy Peralta. I've seen Benge as high as 15 in Top 100 lists.

[Madhawk23]

8 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

I don't think that's a realistic offer. I don't think you can get a Benge level prospect for 1 year of Freddy Peralta. I've seen Benge as high as 15 in Top 100 lists.

Yeah, no chance we're getting Benge. As you mentioned, he seems to becoming a clear-cut Top 20 prospect in the game and he might just be the Mets opening day CF next year.  We can cross him off of any potential package the Mets would entertain for 1-year of Freddy.  

[wiguy94]

1 minute ago, Madhawk23 said:

Yeah, no chance we're getting Benge. As you mentioned, he seems to becoming a clear-cut Top 20 prospect in the game and he might just be the Mets opening day CF next year.  We can cross him off of any potential package the Mets would entertain for 1-year of Freddy.  

Yeah Benge destroyed the minors last year. His AAA numbers sucked so I went and looked at the under the hood numbers and they are great as well. .272/.356/.522 expected slash line, .376 xwOBA, 20% whiff, 92.1 Avg EV, 53.5% hard hit, 15.5% barrel. Those are pretty darn good underlying numbers for a guy who had a 53 wRC+ in AAA.

[snoogans8056]

Think we could do Peralta for Jarren Duran, straight up? Or even a Marcelo Meyer / Kristian Campbell if their star has faded a bit?

[Scooterfletcher]

10 minutes ago, snoogans8056 said:

Think we could do Peralta for Jarren Duran, straight up? Or even a Marcelo Meyer / Kristian Campbell if their star has faded a bit?

I think we’d need a Durbin type of second piece to do a Peralta/Duran trade.

[snoogans8056]

45 minutes ago, Scooterfletcher said:

I think we’d need a Durbin type of second piece to do a Peralta/Duran trade.

Was thinking a minor league arm.
 

We seem to have similar likes with the Sox, they just went heavy college pitching (and have been rightfully praised) while we went high school.

[Oxy]

Freddy, Wilken and Yoho for Colt Emerson?

If he gets traded I think I'd want to shoot for the moon and give up some of our stacked mid-tier prospects and upgrade to a blue chipper who could be special.  Nolan McLean? Bryce Eldredge? Andrew Painter?