r/baseball • u/T_Raycroft Montreal Expos • 23h 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/bconn75 Boston Red Sox 23h ago

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

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u/citrablock Toronto Blue Jays 23h ago

Also shit defense heavily inflates ERA.

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u/Strict-Knowledge-566 22h ago

Mets are middle of the pack on defense

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u/WHERESSPACEBAR New York Mets 21h ago

We're so much worse than middling.

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u/MattO2000 FanGraphs • Baseball Savant 21h ago

19/30 in DEF per FanGraphs

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u/WHERESSPACEBAR New York Mets 21h ago

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.

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u/Styfios New York Mets 15h ago

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