{"id":547898,"date":"2026-01-27T23:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T23:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/547898\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T23:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T23:44:09","slug":"freddy-peralta-says-hell-consider-multiyear-deal-with-mets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/547898\/","title":{"rendered":"Freddy Peralta says he’ll consider multiyear deal with Mets"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK — Freddy Peralta<\/a> wants to get settled first, but he’s willing to consider a multiyear contract with the New York Mets<\/a> before reaching free agency.<\/p>\n

“I’ve got to see around, share time with my teammates and think about different ideas, learn about everybody, coaches (and) the organization in general,” the All-Star pitcher said Tuesday. “And then we can see.”<\/p>\n

Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns expressed a similar sentiment after acquiring Peralta<\/a> from Milwaukee<\/a> last week, saying he would definitely allow the right-hander an adjustment period before potentially broaching a long-term arrangement.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old Peralta is due to make $8 million this season after the Brewers picked up their club option on a deal he signed in 2020. He can become a free agent following the World Series.<\/p>\n

With only one year of club control remaining, Peralta couldn’t fully ignore the chatter about a potential trade from Milwaukee this offseason — or resist connecting the dots for a likely move to the Mets.<\/p>\n

“I was trying to avoid that but I couldn’t because family members (and) everybody (was) talking about it all the time,” Peralta said on a Zoom call with reporters. “But I had a feeling that I was coming to the Mets.”<\/p>\n

His hunch came to fruition last Wednesday, when New York sent pitcher Brandon Sproat<\/a> and touted prospect Jett Williams to the Brewers for Peralta and right-hander Tobias Myers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The deal reunites Peralta with Stearns, who ran Milwaukee’s front office from 2015-23. Stearns pulled off one of his biggest moves with the Brewers on Dec. 9, 2015, when he acquired Peralta, then a 19-year-old who hadn’t pitched above rookie ball, from the Seattle Mariners<\/a> for veteran first baseman\/designated hitter Adam Lind.<\/p>\n

“I knew that something was going to happen and it was a little hard at the same time, because I spent my whole career in Milwaukee and there’s a lot of great memories over there,” Peralta said. “But this is a business and anything can happen. I was prepared for the moment. And being honest, I’m really happy to be here in New York and be a member of the Mets organization.”<\/p>\n

Peralta’s arrival gives New York a much-needed frontline starter and appears to cap a hectic offseason for the Mets, who parted ways with lineup mainstays Pete Alonso<\/a>, Jeff McNeil<\/a> and Brandon Nimmo<\/a> as well as star closer Edwin Diaz<\/a>.<\/p>\n

New York’s rotation wore down last season, when the Mets had the best record in the majors through June 12 but missed the playoffs.<\/p>\n

Peralta made the National League All-Star team and finished fifth in Cy Young Award balloting last year, when he led the NL with 17 wins and also set career bests with a 2.70 ERA in 176 2\/3 innings over 33 starts. He struck out 204 batters, six shy of his single-season high established in 2023.<\/p>\n

Peralta and Dylan Cease<\/a> are the only major league pitchers to make at least 30 starts and record at least 200 strikeouts in each of the last three seasons. The Mets haven’t had a pitcher make 30 starts in consecutive campaigns since Steven Matz<\/a> and two-time Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom<\/a> did so in 2018 and 2019.<\/p>\n

Kodai Senga<\/a>, who had 202 strikeouts as a rookie in 2023, is the lone New York pitcher with a 200-strikeout season since 2019.<\/p>\n

Converted reliever Clay Holmes<\/a> led the Mets with 12 wins, a 3.53 ERA and 31 starts last season, when only Holmes, Senga and David Peterson<\/a> reached 100 innings for New York.<\/p>\n

“I think that’s the No. 1 important thing for me — to be healthy, to be ready every five days to take the ball and go and pitch and be there for the team,” Peralta said. “That’s what I have on my mind all the time — get the necessary work with the trainers in the weight room, mentally with the pitching coaches, just to protect myself and try to be there every five days. Because I know when you have 30 starts, ideally 30-plus starts, something good is going to be on the line.”<\/p>\n

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