{"id":520917,"date":"2026-01-16T18:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T18:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/520917\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T18:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T18:07:10","slug":"yankees-freddy-peralta-trade-update-provided-by-jon-heyman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/520917\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees-Freddy Peralta Trade Update Provided By Jon Heyman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Freddy Peralta might still get traded this offseason, and the New York Yankees are among his suitors, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/15\/sports\/mets-yankees-inquire-about-freddy-peralta-as-trade-buzz-grows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Post\u2018s Jon Heyman<\/a>, who provided an update on the situation on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Mets and Yankees have checked on Freddy Peralta, with the growing belief the Brewers will trade their ace,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/15\/sports\/mets-yankees-inquire-about-freddy-peralta-as-trade-buzz-grows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heyman wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeralta\u2019s puny $8M salary makes him attractive to anyone, including small-market teams, but other teams linked to him thus far include the Dodgers, Giants and Braves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeralta has approached the Brewers about an extension,\u201d Heyman added. \u201cBut the smallest-market team prefers to avoid huge deals for pitchers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Peralta delivered a standout 2025 season for the Brewers, securing a career-high 17 wins to lead the National League. He posted a 2.70 ERA across 33 starts, striking out 204 batters while walking 66 over 176 2\/3 innings, resulting in a 1.08 WHIP. <\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>His performance featured impressive whiff rates on multiple pitches. In the postseason, Peralta went 1-2 with a 4.70 ERA in three starts, fanning 19 in 15 1\/3 innings. Serving as Opening Day starter for the second straight year, he continued a streak of 30-plus starts over three seasons, averaging more than 200 strikeouts annually.<\/p>\n<p>Over eight years with the Brewers, Peralta has compiled a 70-42 record, a 3.59 ERA, and 1,153 strikeouts in 931 innings. The 29-year-old right-hander, hailing from Moca, Dominican Republic, signed a five-year deal through 2024 with club options exercised for 2025 and 2026. <\/p>\n<p>Earning $8 million in his final contract year, Peralta has drawn widespread trade interest this winter as Milwaukee weighs its options.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Freddy Peralta might still get traded this offseason, and the New York Yankees are among&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":92014,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1266,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-520917","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-mlb","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115906114054937337","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}