MILWAUKEE -- Brewers pitching prospect Freddy Peralta has risen from nervous newcomer to Carolina League All-Star.
The Dominican-born right-hander, No. 19 on MLBPipeline.com's list of Milwaukee's top prospects, was 19 years old when he was traded from the Mariners to the Brewers along with two other teenage pitching prospects for Adam Lind in December 2015. Peralta remembers bashfully introducing himself to his Class A Wisconsin teammates on the first day of practice the following April.
"I said, 'OK, I'm Freddy. Nice to meet you guys. I want you to think that I'm like you guys, so I don't want to be alone.