Freddy Peralta

Freddy Peralta

29-Year-Old PitcherSP
New York Mets
2025 Stats
W-L
17-6
ERA
2.70
WHIP
1.08
K
204
SV
0
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2026 Fantasy Outlook
The Brewers' Opening Day starter for the second season in a row, Peralta enjoyed a career year in 2025, leading the NL in wins with 17. He shaved almost a full run off his ERA, lowering it to 2.70 last season. As good as Peralta was, the main differences from past years were a low BABIP (.243, career .264) and a high strand rate (85.5 LOB%). Luck was on his side, but the right-hander also had whiff rates of 35 percent or higher on three of his four pitches. He has now reached 30 starts in each of the last three years, averaging over 200 Ks per season in that span. Peralta is heading into the final year of his deal with an $8 million salary, and the Brewers cashed in on that affordable contract by trading him to the Mets. New York's defense is a step down from Milwaukee, but Citi Field has a similar park factor to American Family Field, so Peralta is well positioned for another elite season in 2026. Read Past Outlooks
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#64
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League Majors
Bats R
Throws R
40 Man Yes
Height 5'11"
Weight 199
DOB 6/4/1996
Born Moca, DR
College None
Drafted 2013 SEA
Signed a five-year, $15.6 million contract extension with the Brewers in February of 2020. Brewers exercised $8 million team option for 2025 in November of 2024. Brewers exercised $8 million team option for 2026 in November of 2025. Traded to the Mets in January of 2026.
Dazzles in spring debut for Mets
PNew York Mets
February 28, 2026
Peralta struck out three over three perfect innings in Friday's Grapefruit League game against the Cardinals.
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Making his first start of the spring, Peralta fired 18 of 29 pitches for strikes while fanning Jose Fermin, Nathan Church and Blaze Jordan. The 29-year-old right-hander had been named the Mets' Opening Day starter earlier in the day, and he heads into his first season in Queens having reached 200 strikeouts in each of the last three seasons for the Brewers, posting a 3.40 ERA and 1.14 WHIP during that time with a 10.7 K/9.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
93
Last 10 Games
89
Last 5 Games
79
How many pitches does Freddy Peralta generally throw?
 
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121+
 
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121+
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
Even Split
2025
 
 
-11%
BAA vs RHP
2024
 
 
-13%
BAA vs LHP
2023
 
 
-3%
BAA vs RHP
BAA Batters K BB H 2B 3B HR
Since 2023vs Left .209 1103 291 113 205 43 1 28
Since 2023vs Right .210 1024 323 75 193 34 0 45
2025vs Left .204 369 92 41 66 12 0 8
2025vs Right .181 354 112 25 58 11 0 13
2024vs Left .208 372 104 37 69 12 1 9
2024vs Right .240 352 96 31 74 12 0 17
2023vs Left .215 362 95 35 70 19 0 11
2023vs Right .209 318 115 19 61 11 0 15
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
 
 
-18%
ERA at Home
2025
 
 
-52%
ERA at Home
2024
 
 
-18%
ERA on Road
2023
 
 
-21%
ERA at Home
ERA WHIP IP W L SV K/9 BB/9 HR/9
Since 2023Home 3.08 1.04 275.0 22 10 0 11.2 2.7 1.3
Since 2023Away 3.77 1.24 241.0 18 15 0 10.1 3.9 1.3
2025Home 1.77 1.00 91.2 9 1 0 10.6 2.7 0.7
2025Away 3.71 1.15 85.0 8 5 0 10.2 4.0 1.5
2024Home 4.01 1.18 94.1 6 5 0 10.3 2.9 1.7
2024Away 3.29 1.26 79.1 5 4 0 10.4 4.3 0.9
2023Home 3.44 0.94 89.0 7 4 0 12.8 2.5 1.4
2023Away 4.34 1.32 76.2 5 6 0 9.7 3.4 1.4
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Stat Review
How does Freddy Peralta compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • K/BB
    Strikeout to walk ratio.
  • K/9
    Average strikeouts per nine innings.
  • BB/9
    Average walks per nine innings.
  • HR/9
    Average home runs allowed per nine innings.
  • Fastball
    Average fastball velocity.
  • ERA
    Earned run average. The average earned runs allowed per nine innings.
  • WHIP
    Walks plus hits per inning pitched.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many balls in play against a pitcher go for hits.
  • GB/FB
    Groundball to flyball ratio. The higher the number, the more likely a pitcher is to induce groundballs.
  • Left On Base
    The percentage of base runners that a pitcher strands on base over the course of a season.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Barrels/BBE
    The percentage of batted ball events resulting in a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Spin Rate
    Spin Rate is the rate of spin on a baseball after it is released. It is measured in revolutions per minute (rpm).
  • Balls Hit 95+ MPH
    The percentage of batted balls hit that met or exceeded the 95 MPH threshold.
  • Swinging Strike
    The percentage of pitches that result in a swing and a miss.
K/BB
3.09
 
K/9
10.4
 
BB/9
3.4
 
HR/9
1.1
 
Fastball
94.5 mph
 
ERA
2.70
 
WHIP
1.08
 
BABIP
.259
 
GB/FB
0.93
 
Left On Base
84.7%
 
Exit Velocity
80.9 mph
 
Barrels/BBE
5.0%
 
Spin Rate
2332 rpm
 
Balls Hit 95+ MPH
19.5%
 
Swinging Strike
13.2%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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The right-hander stepped in as Milwaukee's ace in 2024 with Corbin Burnes traded away and Brandon Woodruff recovering from shoulder surgery, but Peralta wasn't able to fully pitch up to ace level. He reached 200 strikeouts for the second straight season, and his 3.68 ERA and 1.21 WHIP in a career-high 32 starts are similar to his numbers from the previous couple seasons. Peralta improved slightly in run prevention, but a 4.16 FIP indicates the Brewers' strong defense likely played a role in that, while most of his other stats regressed slightly. Peralta flashed his ceiling in 2021 with a 2.81 ERA, 0.97 WHIP and 12.2 K/9, but he's been unable to replicate that production over the past few years. He's still been a high-level starter both in real life and for fantasy given the strikeout numbers and overall effectiveness, but at this point he doesn't seem likely to return to that 2021 level as he seems to have settled in as more of a No. 2/3 starter.
The right-hander was limited to 18 outings (17 starts) in 2022 due to lat and shoulder injuries, but he was able to stay healthy in 2023 and set career highs in starts (30) and innings (165.2). Peralta was one of the best strikeout pitchers in the league, with his 30.9 percent strikeout rate ranking fourth, and his .211 batting average against was also elite. However, a 1.4 HR/9 (double his 2022 figure) helped lead to a less impressive 3.86 ERA, though his 1.12 WHIP and 7.9 percent walk rate were also strong. A 16 percent HR/FB ratio was well above his career average entering the season, which could indicate some incoming positive regression after giving up 26 homers. Peralta's career-high workload sets him up for a potential ace-level campaign in 2024, especially if he's able to cut down the long balls closer to his career average of 1.1 HR/9.
A lat strain put Peralta on the shelf for an extended period and shoulder fatigue cost him additional time late, with those issues conspiring to limit the righty to 18 appearances (17 starts) last season. This was after he made 27 starts in 2021, by far a career high after he'd spent most of the prior two seasons working in relief. Peralta showcased high-level stuff when available in 2022. In fact, his Statcast batted-ball numbers were off the charts in his 78-inning sample. His strikeouts took a step backward (from 33.6% to 27.1%), but he had success with all four of his pitches last season and projects to be firmly in the Brewers' rotation in 2023, health permitting. The 26-year-old has only cleared 100 big-league innings once so far and will be a candidate to move to relief full-time if he has another long-term injury, but the Brewers are likely holding out hope he can take the ball every fifth day.
Peralta has made the conversion from starter to reliever and back to starter with aplomb. After an impressive rookie showing, he struggled both in 2019 and 2020 with consistency, but always kept an uncanny ability to collect strikeouts with his deceptive fastball. Last winter, Peralta re-worked his slider in winter ball and unleashed hell on major-league hitters with it most of 2021, as the league hit .158 off the pitch while swinging and missing 43% of the time. He also dusted off his changeup, perhaps to give hitters a chance; it was the only one of his primary offerings the league hit over .160 against. The BABIP would give some pause, but his expected stats at a per-pitch level validate matters. Last season was the first in which Peralta shouldered any sort of workload. The skills are there, but the lack of workload track record should give you pause.
After starting the third game of the season a year ago Peralta pitched exclusively in relief, and his results were exceptional. In 26.1 innings over 14 relief appearances Peralta posted a 15.0 K/9, and of the 19 hits he allowed just two of them left the ballpark. At least part of that success can be attributed to the addition of a slider, and although it wasn't a dominant pitch, it made his sneaky fastball more effective than it was the year before. Peralta ditched his changeup but still went with his curveball 10 percent of the time, and with him now throwing three pitches with some regularity instead of two, and with him not turning 25 until June, there's still a chance he could rejoin the rotation. If he doesn't, expect him to be the primary bridge to the Brewers' talented back-end duo of Josh Hader and Devin Williams.
Peralta's stock was on the rise after a rookie year in which he posted an 11.0 K/9 and .178 BAA while working mainly as a starter, but he took a step back in his second season and bounced between the rotation and the bullpen before ultimately ending up in a relief role. Thanks mainly to a heater that comes in harder than it looks, Fastball Freddy continued racking up punchouts, and his K/9 went up in 2019, both when starting and relieving. However, he gave up far more hits and homers, which resulted in subpar results in both ratio categories. Peralta ended the season on a high note, posting a 1.86 ERA over eight September appearances and helping the Brewers secure a playoff spot. That could have him ticketed for a spot in the bullpen moving forward, but he will not turn 24 until this summer, so it seems likely he will get at least one more chance to prove he can be a quality starter at the top level.
Peralta burst onto the scene last year in his big-league debut, striking out 13 batters and allowing just one hit over 5.2 innings in Coors Field, of all places. Peralta averaged just 90.8 mph on his fastball last year, but that did not stop him from posting an 11.0 K/9 at the big-league level. With that velocity, Peralta’s success can be attributed to his deception, as he hides his pitches well from opposing hitters. That hasn’t been a pattern for sustained success in the past (think Ubaldo Jimenez, John Axford) but Peralta did throw in the mid-90s when working out of the bullpen late in the season, which gives him a nice long-term floor. He figures to compete for a rotation spot in the spring, but given the Brewers’ depth, it will be tough for him to secure a spot. If he doesn’t, he could work in relief at the big-league level or stay stretched out at Triple-A.
Peralta made steady improvements from 2014 through 2016, but he made a huge leap in 2017, dominating batters at both the High-A and Double-A ranks. A strong start to the season with High-A Carolina earned him a promotion to Double-A Biloxi, where he was even better. When it was all said and done, Peralta had struck out 169 batters over 120 innings while limiting opposing hitters to a minuscule .178 batting average. The only black mark on his ledger was a woeful walk rate that nearly touched 5.00. That is an area of concern for Peralta moving forward as he has struggled with free passes at nearly every level, as is his slight frame. However, Peralta's track record and strikeout potential give him tantalizing upside. If he is unable to reign in his control, his strikeout stuff should play just fine in a relief role.
Peralta was one of the lottery tickets acquired by the Brewers in the Adam Lind trade last winter. At just 6-foot and 168 pounds, he doesn't have the frame of the typical rotation prospect, but it's hard to argue with his results so far. In 16 appearances for Low-A Wisconsin, Peralta struck out 77 batters over just 60 innings en route to a 2.85 ERA. He took his lumps in eight games following a promotion to High-A Brevard County, but at 20 years old, there's no shame in that. He has issues with control but an arsenal that is nasty enough to rack up strikeouts. He'll never project as a top-of-the-rotation pitcher, but he could find himself starting in Milwaukee in a few years if he can improve his control.
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Draws Opening Day start
PNew York Mets
February 27, 2026
Mets manager Carlos Mendoza named Peralta the team's Opening Day starter Friday, Laura Albanese of Newsday reports.
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Shipped to Queens
PNew York Mets
January 21, 2026
The Brewers traded Peralta to the Mets on Wednesday alongside Tobias Myers in exchange for Jett Williams and Brandon Sproat, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports.
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Option for 2026 picked up
PMilwaukee Brewers
November 3, 2025
The Brewers exercised Peralta's $8 million option for 2026 on Monday, Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
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Hit with Game 2 loss
PMilwaukee Brewers
October 14, 2025
Peralta took the loss in Game 2 of the NLCS against the Dodgers on Tuesday, allowing three earned runs on five hits and a walk while striking out four batters over 5.2 innings.
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Expected to start Game 2
PMilwaukee Brewers
October 12, 2025
Peralta is slated to draw the start in Game 2 of the NLCS against the Dodgers on Tuesday, Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
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Seeking lengthy extension
PNew York Mets
March 6, 2026
Peralta wants his new contract to be "seven or eight years," according to Jon Heyman of The New York Post.
Analysis
The Mets paid a steep price to acquire Peralta from the Brewers in the offseason, but it'd be surprising if they were willing to sign Peralta to such an extension. The Mets haven't signed a pitcher to a contract longer than three years since president of baseball operations David Stearns was hired in 2023. Peralta will be 30 years old in June, so signing him to such a long deal would carry considerable risk as well.
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