Milwaukee Brewers: Wily Peralta’s Limited Ceiling

It seems like forever now that Wily Peralta has been considered a rising star in the Milwaukee Brewers system, perhaps because the big righty was signed out of the Dominican Republic a decade ago at the tender age of 16. Featuring a fastball that can hit the upper 90s and a devastating slider, the label of “future ace” was quickly applied to Big Wily, who was a consensus top 100 prospect in 2012 and 2013.

Peralta looked like he was heading towards that direction after a terrific step forward in 2014: a 3.53 ERA in 198.2 innings pitched with 154 strikeouts, 61 walks, a 53.6% ground ball rate and 2.7 rWAR. I found myself guilty of getting caught up in the hype, even proposing the framework for…