The New York Mets just got a reality check on Freddy Peralta, and it’s not pretty.
MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand dropped some rough news for anyone hoping the Mets could flip the right-hander for real prospect value before the August 3 trade deadline. According to Feinsand, Peralta has been “consistently inconsistent” this season and hasn’t completed six innings in a start in over a month. That’s not exactly the kind of resume that gets contenders knocking down your door.
The Mets sit at 42-58, dead last in the NL East after dropping two of three to the Phillies over the weekend. They’re firmly in sell mode, and Peralta’s name has come up as a logical trade chip. But logic doesn’t always line up with reality.
Peralta entered Sunday’s start against Philadelphia with a 6.05 ERA over his last ten outings and a 5-8 record on the year. Look, some teams might talk themselves into a bounce-back candidate. But they’d need to see at least a glimmer of that turnaround before giving up anything meaningful to get him. So far, the glimmer hasn’t shown up.
It’s not like the Mets are short on other trade candidates. Francisco Lindor’s name keeps popping up in rumors too, though that feels like a different conversation entirely given his contract and star power. Peralta was supposed to be one of those mid-tier arms that playoff teams fight over. Instead, he’s shaping up as a guy nobody’s sure they want.
The market has a way of sorting these things out. Sometimes a team gets desperate and overpays for a name. But right now, there’s no evidence that’s happening with Peralta. The numbers are the numbers, and contenders tend to fixate on those when they’re this close to October.
The trade deadline hits at 6 p.m. ET on August 3. That leaves the Mets a little over a week to change the narrative or accept that Peralta isn’t going anywhere.
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