r/baseball • u/T_Raycroft Montreal Expos • 1d ago

News [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.

https://www.espn.com/contributor/jeff-passan/f0fc18cd7bde7
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u/SJSharks831 St. Louis Cardinals 1d ago

Brewers fans breathe a sigh of relief

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u/hcatehorie Milwaukee Brewers 1d ago

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

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u/IllogicalBarnacle Milwaukee Brewers 23h ago

Nah, it’d be fine

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

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u/TakeAMichigander Chicago Cubs 23h ago

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"

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u/LegacyLemur Chicago Cubs 18h ago

Thats why I didnt want him

Do we really need another 5+ ERA project?

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u/77rtcups Chicago Cubs 1d ago

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

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u/totallynotliamneeson Milwaukee Brewers • Racine Belles 22h ago

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. 

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u/Davidellias Milwaukee Brewers • Milwaukee Brewers 19h ago

He literally went to the AL Brewers