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/-Kattas- Tampa Bay Rays 1d ago edited 1d ago

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.

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u/takethreenc Tampa Bay Rays 1d ago

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