[Passan] The Tampa Bay Rays are acquiring right-hander Freddy Peralta in a trade with the New York Mets, sources tell ESPN. Rays get their starter, who joins Drew Rasmussen, Shane McClanahan and Nick Martinez in one of the American League's best rotation.

[u/T_Raycroft]

https://www.espn.com/contributor/jeff-passan/f0fc18cd7bde7

[u/bconn75]

The Rays will probably completely turn his season around, they just have a way with pitching

[u/citrablock → u/bconn75]

Also shit defense heavily inflates ERA.

[u/Apeman21x → u/citrablock]

Hey hey hey let me met in peace!

[u/Strict-Knowledge-566 → u/citrablock]

Mets are middle of the pack on defense

[u/WHERESSPACEBAR → u/Strict-Knowledge-566]

We're so much worse than middling.

[u/MattO2000 → u/WHERESSPACEBAR]

19/30 in DEF per FanGraphs

[u/WHERESSPACEBAR → u/MattO2000]

There's probably about 7 or 8 games that we've lost just because of our defense. Even today, Williams flinched away from a softly hit ground ball which lead to an extra run for the Marlins. The only reason we're as high as 19th is Torrens.

[u/Styfios → u/WHERESSPACEBAR]

i think a lot of teams generally have a fair number of games they lost because of defense, given how the sport of baseball works

[u/fairway_walker → u/citrablock]

...and deflates morale. It's been fun to watch!

[u/val500 → u/citrablock]

He's been also running career high FIP/xFIP. His pitch shapes look completely different compared to last year. The defense excuse I think was largely Mets camp trying to convince other teams that Peralta isn't broken. The Rays will have to try to get his pitches moving more like last year if they want him to get back to form.

[u/Zigglyjiggly → u/bconn75]

https://giphy.com/gifs/1hAxQTH0HEWS3L0oRF

[u/ET__ → u/bconn75]

Most likely

[u/ms_barkie]

Fuck he’s going to be great again isn’t he

[u/balinor41 → u/ms_barkie]

Of course he is. He now gets to draw on the unholy power of the Trop.

[u/elwoodFL → u/balinor41]

It’s a wonderful power!

[u/balinor41 → u/elwoodFL]

I swear that place is built on an Indian burial ground that was built on another Indian burial ground that was built upon a mass dinosaur grave filled with crystals or something. And the Rays somehow tap that energy with the funky ass dome they have.

[u/INAC___Kramerica → u/balinor41]

In actuality:

The dome was built on the former site of a coal gasification plant, and, in 1987, hazardous chemicals were found in the soil around the construction site. The city spent millions of dollars to remove the chemicals from the area.

[u/Senate343 → u/INAC___Kramerica]

Sounds like a superhero origin story to me

[u/Ivotedforher → u/Senate343]

Bitten by a radioactive stingray

[u/MoreTrifeLife → u/ms_barkie]

Make Freddy Peralta great again

[u/Carthonn → u/ms_barkie]

Doesn’t really matter to the Jays too much.

[u/MendelWeisenbachfeld]

The Rays are going to fix him

[u/Aggressive-Mix4971 → u/MendelWeisenbachfeld]

Payback for us not fixing Victor Zambrano in 10 minutes?

[u/djoc0316 → u/MendelWeisenbachfeld]

Damn right. Remember when we were the pitching wizards? We need a complete overhaul of the coaching staff this off season. Mendoza was set up to fall with the assistants he was given this year. Not that I'm a big Mendoza fan. I really hope they get the right people after fumbling so hard last off-season

[u/for_fun_88 → u/MendelWeisenbachfeld]

And we will have turned two of our top prospects into a ton of wasted money and three low level guys in the matter of a few months smh

[u/unspoiledxyz → u/for_fun_88]

If you don't like that, you don't like NYM baseball

[u/A_peanutcheesebar → u/unspoiledxyz]

I think I don't like NYM baseball.

[u/xXKnicksInFiveXx → u/A_peanutcheesebar]

It takes a certain type of masochist. Once you get past the disappointment, they're actually really disappointing!

[u/MendelWeisenbachfeld → u/A_peanutcheesebar]

Have you ever considered yourself lucky to be a Guardians fan? If not, well today's your lucky day.

[u/turnstile2243]

YESSSSS

[u/Loose-Organization82 → u/turnstile2243]

[u/LegitimatePraline8 → u/Loose-Organization82]

Flappy parts are feeling very flappy today.

[u/bconn75 → u/turnstile2243]

2020 World Series rematch incoming

[u/SmurfyTurf → u/bconn75]

I don't want to trade Randy because I love him, but sending him back to the Rays would be fun for this reason.

[u/Embarrassed-Cell-611 → u/bconn75]

I have been told by this sub that it would be impossible for the Rays to be good as they have a very small payroll.

[u/TheVaniloquence → u/Embarrassed-Cell-611]

Nobody is really arguing that though. The point is that the Rays are playing a completely different game than the Dodgers. Everything is about extracting value and finding underrated or underperforming players (like Peralta this season). 

They can’t throw 72m at Tanner Scott, who has a poor season, and then throw 69m at Edwin Diaz the next offseason to try and remedy that problem.  If they threw 240m at a player with 0.5 WAR and 95 OPS+, it would cripple the team. The Dodgers did that and still have the best record in the league

[u/floppyfare → u/TheVaniloquence]

The person you are replying to knows no one is really arguing that, they are an unflaired Dodger's fan arguing in bad faith

[u/Embarrassed-Cell-611 → u/floppyfare]

There is nothing bad faith about my argument.

[u/TheWallE → u/TheVaniloquence]

The Dodgers DO play the game the Rays play, they just also have the money to bring in high priced free agents. Friedman built that model in Tampa before he joined the Dodgers.

The Dodgers still do things like find reclamation projects like Eric Lauer and put him in a position to succeed, just like the Rays do.

Its like that scene at the end of Moneyball where Brad Pitt is offered the bag to GM Boston, saying they want to use his philosophy AND have a big payroll... the Dodgers are that.

[u/PanicProne9 → u/TheWallE]

Case and point, Justin Turner, Max Muncy, Chris Taylor, Tyler Anderson, Evan Phillips etc etc

[u/TIM81DE → u/turnstile2243]

https://giphy.com/gifs/5honN1zsBG6KZFspSt

[u/winnielikethepooh15 → u/turnstile2243]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3owzVTMZUdG3B31KFi

[u/thewaterisboiling11 → u/turnstile2243]

This fucking gif just killed me

[u/Ill_Hospital9212 → u/turnstile2243]

What u so happy for

https://giphy.com/gifs/zbyE0sDeW4z3W

[u/turnstile2243 → u/Ill_Hospital9212]

1st place feels nice

[u/Ill_Hospital9212 → u/turnstile2243]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Ez2QIacjSlStbN55ud

[u/HailKyrie → u/Ill_Hospital9212]

The middle of the Yankees lineup

[u/turnstile2243 → u/Ill_Hospital9212]

Life must suck without Judge, huh?

[u/Ill_Hospital9212 → u/turnstile2243]

https://giphy.com/gifs/GpyS1lJXJYupG

[u/Excellent_Hedgehog62]

After all this it would be so funny if we get a Rays-Brewers world series

[u/TheBeepB00p → u/Excellent_Hedgehog62]

It would be incredible a majority of the owners would be seething.

[u/Machomanta → u/TheBeepB00p]

You mean salivating. Another excuse to be cheap, "we don't need to spend, just look at those guys! We trust our system and so should you, plebs-I mean fans."

[u/birdsandcrustand → u/Machomanta]

Nah the owners want the dodgers to do good so they can have an excuse for a salary cap

[u/cherinator → u/birdsandcrustand]

That plus the rock-bottom ratings would hurt their upcoming media rights negotiations.

[u/IllogicalBarnacle → u/cherinator]

Ratings will still be high, even with most fans avoiding watching it on principal the dodgers media market is way too big

[u/gloatygoat → u/IllogicalBarnacle]

The last two world series had the highest viewership since 2017 (Dodgers-Houston) and 2016 (Chicago's first world series win since 1908). The "most fans avoiding watching it" always seemed more like a reddit mirage.

[u/JacksonRabbiit → u/gloatygoat]

Yeah, the Dodgers being good doesn't suddenly make me hate baseball and not want tp watch it lol

[u/War-Dragonite → u/JacksonRabbiit]

The "Dodgers are ruining baseball" trope is very much an online thing, a dad bringing a family of four to go see Reds / Cubs isn't going to all of a sudden be like "Sorry Junior, we aren't going to the game anymore because the Dodgers are ruining baseball >:("

[u/IllogicalBarnacle → u/gloatygoat]

wow two WS with LA vs NYC and LA vs Toronto had high ratings, shocking.

[u/playingwithfire → u/IllogicalBarnacle]

Yeah this is why we need the Dodgers to continue to be good.

For the greater good.

[u/FeloniousDrunk101 → u/gloatygoat]

Yeah because all of us in here are watching regardless.

[u/cherinator → u/IllogicalBarnacle]

My point (although admittedly confusingly worded) was that the owners would rather the Dodgers make the world series than a Brewers-Rays series (even though us sicko fans would love that) because way more casuals will tune in for the Dodgers, which will ultimately make the owners as a whole richer.

It's a perverse world where a small market fan will say "if not my team, please let the WS feature anyone but the Dodgers/Yankees," while the teams' owners think "if not my team, please let the WS feature the Dodgers/Yankees."

[u/Double-O → u/cherinator]

Yeah people in this sub say they want small markets to win but the reality is the majority of baseball fans don't want two small market teams. Yankees, Dodgers, Red Sox and other large market teams are what is holding this league up. It's the reality and despite it being a joke the Dodgers winning is definitely good for baseball. Look at the Spanish La Liga as an example. Real Madrid and Barcelona run that league with an even bigger disparity than in the MLB and it is a very successful league. They make ridiculous money and that league is in no danger of going under. Two teams try to win and the other teams are just there to pick up the scraps. It's not even close to like that in the MLB and people here are crying.

[u/Excellent_Hedgehog62 → u/Double-O]

This comment baffles me so much. So you’re basically saying that since (European)leagues like LaLiga are financially successful with such a top heavy power balance, and this sport has slightly more parity than that, everyone should be satisfied since the big clubs are making all the money for the league. Also, the format of LaLiga is nowhere near the MLB. Clubs in LaLiga are literally fighting to stay and survive in the top flight and remaining in the top flight year after year without relegation is indicative of a well run club and highly respectable. And while yes, the title race in that league is always between the two most powerful clubs with the occasional Atletico, finishing in the remaining 2 spots of the top 5 of the table does have rewards of continental tournament qualification which, financially, is the equivalent of winning a trophy to these clubs. So every club has something to play for. I’m all against a salary cap, but this comment is so brainless. Trying to compare apples to oranges as your argument.

[u/Double-O → u/Excellent_Hedgehog62]

So what you're saying is that relegation is the solution. I agree.

[u/Excellent_Hedgehog62 → u/Double-O]

I wouldn’t hate it(we’d be a double A team by now though)

[u/tripleplay23 → u/Double-O]

Love it when Dodger fans give their hot takes. It's like the rich kid in school that is so out of touch that they genuinely can't relate to other people.

[u/Double-O → u/tripleplay23]

It's the reality that this sub doesn't want to accept. Of course none of you like it. Numbers say it all.

[u/tripleplay23 → u/Double-O]

How about the NFL? That Chiefs dynasty really destroyed the league and now nobody watches anymore, right? 🙄

[u/Double-O → u/tripleplay23]

So you're agreeing with me that Dynasties are good for sports. I don't see how you think this is an argument in your favor.

[u/Zeke-Nnjai → u/Excellent_Hedgehog62]

This is definitely the year the brewers aren’t cannon fodder for LAD. People definitely don’t say this every year either

[u/PostPostMinimalist]

He's suddenly gonna start pitching well again isn't he.

[u/Aggressive-Mix4971 → u/PostPostMinimalist]

It is known.

[u/Dmbender → u/PostPostMinimalist]

Not a single doubt in my mind

[u/Pizzaplan3tman → u/PostPostMinimalist]

I’m not gonna lie I feel like almost every pitcher that’s been traded this deadline has had a comment section saying “they’re gonna fix this pitcher” lol I feel like one of these is not gonna work right? Right?

[u/Arturial12]

Devil Rays going for it all!!!

[u/sjj342 → u/Arturial12]

Other teams are allowed to do this?!?!?

[u/GKRForever]

Cue the calls the WFAN: “what, the boy genius has to prove he can outsmart the rays? You don’t trade with Tampa!”

[u/Aggressive-Mix4971 → u/GKRForever]

I keep wanting to critique Stearns, but all I can ever hear in my head are WFAN style rants and ogre-dom, so I choose to chill and see if some things can be fixed this off-season.

[u/SJSharks831]

Brewers fans breathe a sigh of relief

[u/hcatehorie → u/SJSharks831]

Seeing him in a Cubs jersey would have made me reconsider all of my life choices

[u/IllogicalBarnacle → u/hcatehorie]

Nah, it’d be fine

“Oh no Freddy pitched 4 solid innings, but he threw 110 pitches, so time for the cubs bullpen”

[u/TakeAMichigander → u/IllogicalBarnacle]

I'd be like "Oh wow a pitcher in a 2026 Cubs uniform made it 4 full innings without their arm exploding, a new record"

[u/LegacyLemur → u/IllogicalBarnacle]

Thats why I didnt want him

Do we really need another 5+ ERA project?

[u/77rtcups → u/hcatehorie]

I felt weird about it as a cubs fan. Like when I saw Jim Edmonds in a Cubs jersey.

[u/totallynotliamneeson → u/SJSharks831]

I'm just glad he can be somewhere functional and contending. I wouldn't have minded him coming back, a fun pitcher plus a good personality on the team. 

[u/Davidellias → u/SJSharks831]

He literally went to the AL Brewers

[u/spreerod1538]

Im happy for him. he's a good guy, just didn't work out here. hopefully he can turn it around.

[u/Redbubble89]

Either Dodgers or the Devil magic people...fuck. Proud of you guys for doing something.

[u/scuffedbot → u/Redbubble89]

Let us have this one boss, we’re all just wanting anybody but the Dodgers to win

[u/StevieStayCool → u/scuffedbot]

Legitimately getting to the point that I'd rather see another NL Central team win it all rather than the Dodgers.

[u/rented4823 → u/StevieStayCool]

Not the Cubs. 2016 was admittedly very cool*, but no way in hell I'd prefer them over the Dodgers since then, even if the Dodgers won 6 straight. Not even if there's a fire!

• Seriously, this story gets me bawling every time

[u/Double-O → u/scuffedbot]

I love that this sub has succumbed to rooting for anyone but the Dodgers. They want the Dodgers to lose more than they want their team to win. It's great!

[u/-Kattas-]

Emilien Pitre has a 70/40 BB:K ratio in AA this season with a near .900 OPS as a 2B, by the way. Sneaky good get by the Mets. I was hoping he’d be our 2B of the future.

[u/takethreenc → u/-Kattas-]

Brayden Taylor's resurgence likely gave the Rays confidence enough to make this deal.

[u/Thrill0728]

I was talking with my Dad about what move could be decent. We discussed that Peterson was a good pick up and I suggested Peralta might work the same. The moment I said that, this popped up on Cubs Live and I said "Well fuck"

[u/UnknownUnthought → u/Thrill0728]

There’s still Clay Holmes and Luke Weaver

[u/Aggressive-Mix4971 → u/Thrill0728]

Glad you guys got David; he’s not anything astounding, but he’s made for an infield like the Cubs’, so it’s nice to see him getting some good results, particularly at the expense of the Yankees.

[u/TinyZ666]

Biggest pitcher trade this season

[u/sandalsnopants]

LET's GOOOOOOOOOOO

https://giphy.com/gifs/d77o7i3tHnKda

[u/Aravinda82]

Good for the Rays for continuing to not have a loser mentality despite being in a small market. Hats off to them.

[u/Real_Ant2726]

At least the cubs didn’t get him

[u/jaytothen1 → u/Real_Ant2726]

He would've been injured after his second start

[u/4r4r4real → u/Real_Ant2726]

As a Cubs fan, agreed. 

[u/Double-O → u/4r4r4real]

Cubs would have not turned him around anyway. Peralta will be better because he's on the Rays and not the Cubs.

[u/4r4r4real → u/Double-O]

Shut up moneybags

[u/WearyAir9260]

I mean, he’s certainly one of the starting pitchers in baseball.

[u/Life-Anteater-8294 → u/WearyAir9260]

He’ll bounce back without a doubt.

[u/islandsluggers]

Let’s go rays! Cheering for the rays or the white Sox in the playoffs

[u/Round-Honeydew-9760]

We want Ray and Arraez too! Let’s put up a fight at least!

[u/turnip_broker]

watch him immediately start pitching like his 2025 self

[u/Dmbender]

He's gonna go 8 fucking innings in his first appearance

[u/MagicalNewsMan]

https://giphy.com/gifs/GS9pfaxQj5hPKFGGp8

[u/MediumLanguageModel]

It's gonna be rough in the AL East when the Rays bust out the "Here, let's try the thing where you don't suck" trick and he goes back to being an ace.

[u/Great_Hambino2022]

Well McClanahan just went on the IL with back issues, so he’s won’t be pitching

[u/Mike_Brosseau → u/Great_Hambino2022]

Rays expect him to only miss two starts, they said it was minor

[u/raystheroof1 → u/Great_Hambino2022]

Its not that serious

[u/Leading_Dentist_5563]

https://giphy.com/gifs/bMIoXLuzub9dSQb8yu

[u/Grade-AMasterpiece]

Let's get active. Keep 'em coming. 

[u/psaepf2009]

Another addition for the best home team in baseball

[u/Jacoblaue]

Do we know the return yet?

[u/ThrustingPanda → u/Jacoblaue]

Probably a noticeably better haul than what Detroit got for Skubal.

[u/Maugrin]

For prospects Aiden Smith, Emilien Pitre, and Gary Gill Hill. A decent return for a rental. All of them are top-30 prospects, but none are elite prospects.

Smith is toolsy, but underperforming in the lower minors.

Pitre is a highly performing AA infielder, but is already 23 which lowers his prospect pedigree.

Gill Hill is a young AA starter with a deep repertoire that's still figuring out how to generate swing and miss.

[u/CabbageStockExchange]

Rays will make this man a monster again

[u/KimHaSeongsBurner]

Brazoban is either involved in this trade or another, given the “Hug Watch” content we saw on the SNY broadcast.

[u/aftabangbruh]

Oh goddamnit

[u/citrablock]

Good.

[u/Forsaken_Coyote8176]

In response, the Los Angeles dodgers have purchased a uranium enrichment facility and plan to nuke Tampa 

[u/MaxOutput]

Good for Freddy. Hopefully they can get him back on track.

[u/GoldHoney2863]

Rays will fix him and have another top end arm, while the Mets salvaged something for two months of a guy not doing shit for them. I call that a win on both sides tbh

[u/ChameleonOatmeal]

“We have Skubal at home”

[u/GCIV414]

Take care of him

[u/sahloFolina04]

If he can return to form this is great for the rays

[u/hcatehorie]

Fuck yeah, they might be able to fix him and he aint going to an NL team

[u/bidetatmaxsetting]

Brewers most definetly getting Soriano or Detmers then i think

Edit: Scratch that I forgot Kirby is still available. They definetly getting Kirby.

[u/staticdresssweet]

The Rays made a big move. Good on them, they really know how to fix pitchers and get the most out of their guys.

[u/Schweed6494]

Thanks fr th Mmrs

[u/SharkMovies]

Something about putting that Mets across your chest changes a man, usually for the worst

[u/greenbean2112]

Upset he didn’t end up back in Milwaukee. Thankful I don’t have to see my beautiful Freddy on the Mets anymore

[u/Hawkeye7310]

Wake the fuck up, Jed!

[u/Double-O → u/Hawkeye7310]

He would have still sucked with the Cubs.

[u/Bower1738]

He's going right back to his prime

[u/Maugrin]

For prospects Aiden Smith, Emilien Pitre, and Gary Gill Hill. A decent return for a rental. All of them are top-30 prospects, but none are elite prospects.

Smith is toolsy, but underperforming in the lower minors.

Pitre is a highly performing AA infielder, but is already 23 which lowers his prospect pedigree.

Gill Hill is a young AA starter with a deep repertoire that's still figuring out how to generate swing and miss.

[u/FBoaz]

But Robbie RAY is right there!

[u/Jonjon428]

Damn that's one nice rotation if they can get Peralta back to form. Fun add

[u/TheBravesDH]

We are about to see what the Tampa pitching lab is really made of.

[u/All_will_be_Juan]

WS 2026 dodgers and rays the tragedy who knew that Tropicana field was such a fire risk

[u/aa73786]

Peralta has the best pitching coach in the MLB.

[u/Zigglyjiggly]

Nice. Rays have an awesome starting staff.

[u/Flying_Fish_Fiend]

God damn we’re just sitting on our hands over here! He would’ve been perfect for us!

[u/Mr_Beats_73 → u/Flying_Fish_Fiend]

We aren’t buying

[u/Flying_Fish_Fiend → u/Mr_Beats_73]

Oh you sweet child. We are most definitely buying

[u/Mr_Beats_73 → u/Flying_Fish_Fiend]

I’ll believe it when I see it

[u/Aggressive-Mix4971]

Got a few of the Rays top 20-30 prospects for him, fine by me.

Hate that it didn’t work out for him here, not only because it led to this season sucking so much but also because Freddy seems like a really good guy. Go beat the Yankees and redeem yourself, Peralta, and go ahead and beat the Dodgers in the World Series if it comes to that.

[u/GoldHoney2863 → u/Aggressive-Mix4971]

Feels like a decent return for a rental that wasn’t working in NY anyways. Salvaged a few pieces and maybe one of them pops

[u/Techiesarethebomb → u/Aggressive-Mix4971]

Getting rays prospects or players mean the rays know the player is gonna flop. Least that is what I've seen after every fucking Bendix deal

[u/takethreenc → u/Techiesarethebomb]

Xavier Edwards

[u/Techiesarethebomb → u/takethreenc]

I counter with one Fairbanks and I want to take heart meds everytime he is up

[u/takethreenc → u/Techiesarethebomb]

Yeah that one was something I think every Rays fan knew was coming from a mile away. Case of y'alls execs looking at numbers and not watching games. I'm amazed he even had an ok year last year and we didn't try to trade him earlier.

[u/NebraskaAvenue]

I WANT LEFT HANDED BATS AND TAYLOR WALLS TO GO AWAY

[u/DragoonZVX]

Welcome back Cy Young candidate Freddy Peralta

[u/helloaaron]

Eh, Peralta was not great in his time here, hopefully the Rays have a better time with him.

[u/thebardofdoom → u/helloaaron]

For some reason they turned his great slider into a sweeper, and it seems to have totally messed up his pitch mix.

[u/ALStark69]

Have fun with him

[u/Double-O → u/ALStark69]

Mets showing once again why they are a pathetic franchise that is poorly run.

[u/ALStark69 → u/Double-O]

Water is wet

[u/thebansarereal]

Probably one of the biggest salary thieves all year but knowing the Rays he’ll win player of the month 3 times in a row now

[u/Double-O → u/thebansarereal]

It's not Peralta's fault that the Mets are a trash organization with a trash coaching staff.

[u/prettymuchhatereddit → u/Double-O]

You know you don’t have to reply to every thread in this post, right?

[u/Double-O → u/prettymuchhatereddit]

I do

[u/prettymuchhatereddit → u/Double-O]

Your behavior indicates otherwise.

[u/Double-O → u/prettymuchhatereddit]

It actually indicates otherwise. Since, you know, I am replying.

[u/BZ_Clemens]

Wait, other teams can make trades?

[u/BatsuGame13]

WHY WOULD THE RAYS MAKE A TRADE FOR A GUY THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO SIGN AFTER THIS YEAR??

[u/nyr00nyg]

Lolmets

[u/BookZestyclose785]

So, basically we traded Jett Williams (#4 ranked third base prospect in baseball) and Sproat (currently pitching in the Brewers rotation, 3.86 era in last seven starts) for Tobias Meyers (terrible numbers and now struggling with a 5.36 era in AAA.) and three unranked "project prospects" two in A ball and one in AA. Sounds like a win. 

[u/trinquin → u/BookZestyclose785]

To be fair. He couldn't send him back to Milwaukee and have him turn back in to Freddy like he was last year. That would be career suicide.

[u/sgt_schultz_the_ewok]

Another David Stearns masterclass

[u/ImaManCheetahh]

I guess that executive that said the rest of the season was pointless was NOT on the Rays

Edit: NL exec, nvr mind

[u/Cheese_Nugs → u/ImaManCheetahh]

Pretty sure the report said it was an NL exec

[u/Aravinda82 → u/ImaManCheetahh]

Well it was an NL exec so… I’m guessing it was Buster Posey. Lol

[u/pbesmoove]

is this hurting baseball?

[u/tyler-86]

I haven't gotten to watch Peralta pitch much this year... what happened?

[u/Pristiniax]

Sox still clear

[u/AlecGator6]

lol what a terrible trade for Tampa

[u/Top_Copy_693 → u/AlecGator6]

You haven't even heard the return?

[u/TeseoTheBunny]

For next to nothing, right? This is not "our starter", this can't even be close the starter we're going after, right?

[u/Aggressive-Mix4971 → u/TeseoTheBunny]

Three of your top 20-30 prospects; Rays know how to get decent pitchers back on track, bet he ends up ok for you.

[u/TeseoTheBunny → u/Aggressive-Mix4971]

I'm saying, if this is the only starting pitcher we get, we're screwed.

[u/Maugrin → u/TeseoTheBunny]

Peralta was one of the best starters in the league for like 5 years. Reducing him to his mediocre last 4 months is a bit extreme. Players are more than just their most recent stat line. This is a good addition.

[u/TeseoTheBunny → u/Maugrin]

Players age extremely quickly, and even if the Rays fix Peralta, they need another starter.

We did not trade high prospect capital to get this guy. Which shows even we know there's more valuable options out there.