Bleed Cubbie Blue · 6 days ago
Cubs free agent target: Freddy Peralta
Right-hander Freddy Peralta was widely assumed to be a Cubs trade target last summer while he was with the Mets.
He’d had several good seasons pitching for Craig Counsell in Milwaukee, likely enough to recommend him.
But Peralta was pretty bad in 22 starts with the Mets: 4.99 ERA, 1.478 WHIP, 17 home runs allowed in 113.1 innings. That included losing twice to the Cubs. So the Cubs instead traded for two other members of the Mets rotation and Peralta went to the Rays, where he pitched in the World Series — and was also very good in the 10 regular-season starts he made in Tampa Bay, posting a 3.25 ERA and 1.012 WHIP, more in line with his Milwaukee numbers