Sources: Brewers "Moving Toward" Freddy Peralta Trade, with Yankees in Lead

[wallus]

If you could get Nelson and Lawlar from the Dbacks, I highly assume that trade would have been done already.

[Randall Buchek]

Do not trade Peralta.  All teams are looking for starting pitchers.  Why trade the ace of the staff, even if you have Peralta for one more year? Keep Peralta for the one year and get the extra draft choice. Peralta was eleven games over .500 in 2024.  What trade is going to compensate that margin? Stick with Peralta.

[Jake McKibbin]

1 hour ago, wallus said:

If you could get Nelson and Lawlar from the Dbacks, I highly assume that trade would have been done already.

I imagine perhaps in this case, Lawlar was either in place of Nelson, or just someone the Brewers asked about on the off chance 

[Brewcrew82]

I obviously trust Arnold and co. but Luis Gil being the centerpiece of a Freddy return would be absolutely criminal. His peripherals stink, his K/BB% is trending the wrong direction, has a clear injury history, and comes with only 3 more years of control. 

Unless the Yankees are willing to part with Schlittler (they won't be) or Rodriguez, I'd honestly prefer to stay away from them. No thank you on Jones, who has major bust potential, or Dominguez, who is a horrible OFer. 

[Matt Breen]

Yankees? Hmmm... let's think about this... How about:

Brewers get: Spencer Jones, Carlos Lagrange, and Elmer Rodriguez

Yankees get: Freddy and Trevor Megill 

Two pitchers, one OF bat. All three guys carry six years of control. Each is a fringe Top 100 prospect. None are perfect, but there's some potential upside (and lots of scary stuff too). 

[wallus]

37 minutes ago, Jake McKibbin said:

I imagine perhaps in this case, Lawlar was either in place of Nelson, or just someone the Brewers asked about on the off chance 

I should have quoted but I was responding to the post before mine 

[JohnBriggs12]

Are you guys kidding me?  Gil is an established major league starter who was the number 2 starter on the Yankees in 2024.  After he came from injury last year the Yanks won his last 5 starts.  Opponents are hitting .199 against him for his career.  

The objective is getting to the World Series, not raising your system's grade.

[Sixtolezcano]

No. A return of Gil is a poor trade. Keep him.

 

[wallus]

17 minutes ago, JohnBriggs12 said:

Are you guys kidding me?  Gil is an established major league starter who was the number 2 starter on the Yankees in 2024.  After he came from injury last year the Yanks won his last 5 starts.  Opponents are hitting .199 against him for his career.  

The objective is getting to the World Series, not raising your system's grade.

If it was 2010, this would still be a great argument. You have to dig deeper into the numbers.

[CheeseheadInQC]

I guess what defines headliner is key. There are trades that would have the headline “Brewers trade Peralta to Yankees for Gil, minor leaguers” that would be fine where Gil is a secondary piece value wise even if he is the “big name.”

[Michael Trzinski]

9 hours ago, wiguy94 said:

I think we all would, but I can’t imagine the Yankees would even trade Schlittler for Freddy straight up.

Peralta and Pratt for the Schitts!

[SandyTolan]

11 hours ago, wallus said:

If you could get Nelson and Lawlar from the Dbacks, I highly assume that trade would have been done already.

Or even just Lawlar for Freddy might be a DBacks overpay? Kid has absolutely raked at AAA, and isn't he primarily a SS?

[wallus]

25 minutes ago, SandyTolan said:

Or even just Lawlar for Freddy might be a DBacks overpay? Kid has absolutely raked at AAA, and isn't he primarily a SS?

He struggled mightily on the defensive end in 2025. They might move him to CF.

[Lathund]

18 hours ago, jay87shot said:

If I could pick a reasonable package, I would want Spencer Jones, Dax Kilby, and Clarke Schmidt from the Yankees for Freddy. Jones would be the upside prospect piece that could help the roster this year,

Remember Keston Hiura and the hole in the swing due to his 61%-ish contact rate? That was the lowest in the majors in the last 10 years among players who got 1000 PA, alongside Keon Broxton and Joey Gallo. Spencer Jones had a contact rate just below that, but in AA and AAA. For comparison, Keston was around 70% in AAA. I don't know if you can make it as a major leaguer, no matter the power, with *that* kind of swing and miss. Which is why I'm not keen at all on Jones. High ceiling, yes, but so very unlikely to get to it. 

 

[Turning2]

What does it say if the trade brings back a starter and prospects rather than a proven MLB bat? We’re always told how great our farm system is and how much promising young pitching they have. That should mean we don’t need more pitching and prospects. If moving Peralta doesn’t bring in a bat,  the hype about the farm and young pitching is partially BS. 

[jay87shot]

What about a 3 team deal.

Philly get Sean Murphy, Michael Harris

Atl gets Freddy

We get Justin Crawford, P Yoniel Curet (philly), P Luke Sinnard (Atl)

I think the Phillies are probably happy with Crawford in CF but Harris and Murphy fill 2 holes. The Braves save a bunch of money and get Freddy, maybe sign Harrison Bader or go big for Bellinger to fill in for Harris. We get a controllable high end ready now CF, possibly add in a couple secondary pieces from both teams in 2 big arms

[sveumrules]

38 minutes ago, Turning2 said:

What does it say if the trade brings back a starter and prospects rather than a proven MLB bat?

That no team was willing to offer a proven MLB bat for one year of Peralta.

Or, that the Brewers brass preferred whatever hypothetical combination of a starter and prospects were offered versus whatever hypothetical proven MLB bat was offered.

[Turning2]

58 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

That no team was willing to offer a proven MLB bat for one year of Peralta.

Or, that the Brewers brass preferred whatever hypothetical combination of a starter and prospects were offered versus whatever hypothetical proven MLB bat was offered.

Yes, that could be a possibility. It also might mean they aren't convinced Mis can anchor the top when both Woody and Peralta are gone. 

[wallus]

35 minutes ago, Turning2 said:

Yes, that could be a possibility. It also might mean they aren't convinced Mis can anchor the top. 

The team probably needs around 10 starters to get through a season. 

[Sixtolezcano]

Ryan Weathers to the Yanks for 4 MiLB prospects to Miami lowers the chances Peralta goes to NYY. GOOD.

[Turning2]

22 hours ago, wallus said:

The team probably needs around 10 starters to get through a season. 

Peralta, Woodruff, Priester, Mis = likely top 4 

Henderson, Patrick, Ashby, Hall, Gasser, Meyers are 6 more viable for 5 spot in the rotation.

Plus guys like Crow and a few on the farm. Either they believe in these guys, or they are exaggerating how great our young pitching is. Probably a little of both.  Sure, you can never have enough pitching, but at some point, you need more slug too. Pitching, team speed and elite defense isn't getting them to the WS. They won a lot of games, they scored a lot of runs in 2025, but it was clearly not enough. Nobody wants division championships to be our WS.