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Reports yesterday said that the Brewers are planning to take offers on starting pitcher Freddy Peralta .
Fastball Freddy has a club option for 1 yr. and $8M for 2026 and would be a free agent in 2027.

Previously the Brewers have traded ace P Corbin Burnes to Baltimore when he had 1 year remaining on his deal. Then a year ago traded their top closer Devin Williams to t
he NYY.
With the free agent class shy on starting pitchers for this off season , this could be a time to unload Peralta.
In his last game vs. Dodgers , Peralta struck out 4, allowed 5 hits and allowed 3 runs.

In last 3 years, Peralta had 176.2 innings and a 2.70 ERA K/B 204/66 and a WHIP of 1.08

He was OK in postseason but nothing spectacular IMO. I could see Brewers trading him and should get takers at $8 M for his final year under contract.
Even if Cardinals pick up a sizeable portion of the Sonny Gray contract , Peralta would most likely be a better bargain for teams shopping for a starting pitcher . Peralta turned 30 in June.

Brewers are smart trade him in the offseason instead of being dumb and waiting until the trade deadline when his value is down

Ozziesfan41 wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025 10:03 am Brewers are smart trade him in the offseason instead of being dumb and waiting until the trade deadline when his value is down

That’s not always the case.

Also, I’m guessing since the brewers are good, if they open the season w FP, it means they’re keeping him.

ecleme22 wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025 10:07 am

Ozziesfan41 wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025 10:03 am Brewers are smart trade him in the offseason instead of being dumb and waiting until the trade deadline when his value is down

That’s not always the case.

Also, I’m guessing since the brewers are good, if they open the season w FP, it means they’re keeping him.

Well it was certainly dumb to keep helsley and fedde. Unless a player has a down year the year before it’s dumb to keep them until the deadline their value goes down due to not as much team control and the risk of them having a down year.

What I never understood regarding the trade deadline, you only get the player fir 2 months..Aug/ Sept. 2 months
The final 1/3 of 6 month season.
Some fans seem to think summer trade deadline gets you 1/2 of season.
For a starting pitcher 1/3 games is 54.. which equates ti about 10 starts.

Ozziesfan41 wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025 10:10 am

ecleme22 wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025 10:07 am

Ozziesfan41 wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025 10:03 am Brewers are smart trade him in the offseason instead of being dumb and waiting until the trade deadline when his value is down

That’s not always the case.

Also, I’m guessing since the brewers are good, if they open the season w FP, it means they’re keeping him.

Well it was certainly dumb to keep helsley and fedde. Unless a player has a down year the year before it’s dumb to keep them until the deadline their value goes down due to not as much team control and the risk of them having a down year.

We have no idea of the offers.

Of course Fedde is hindsight. Who’d da thought he would fall off a cliff.

Cheap (donkey) ownership. They pack the house and get playoff revenue every year. They obviously draft and develop well but it’s never good enough to close the deal. No reason they can’t at least extend the occasional veteran who’s performed well for them during a good window of opportunity to contend.

Not saying it should be FP, because he always has health issues…but they don’t keep anyone, regardless of performance and health.

The BDW money-saver club wants our team to be just like them too. Which is basically the Mozeliak model, just executed better. They prove, year after year, you need more than just a good young talent base for a championship team. I’m glad they got bounced even if it was by the Dodgers.

Good, hope he's traded.

Eventually having to deal off these great pitchers (Hader, Burnes and now perhaps Peralta) is going to catch up w/them.

Toss in B. Woodruff has a $20M mutual option they likely decline and that staff would look bad if Peralta leaves.

rockondlouie wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025 10:40 am Good, hope he's traded.

Eventually having to deal off these great pitchers (Hader, Burnes and now perhaps Peralta) is going to catch up w/them.

Toss in B. Woodruff has a $20M mutual option they likely decline and that staff would look bad if Peralta leaves.

That’s not how it works.

Every trade gets young controlled players + financial freedom to then add to your roster. Can you imagine the brewers paying for Hader and Burnes contract right now?

They took a player from the Hader trade and landed Contreras.

See how it works?

ecleme22 wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025 10:24 am

Ozziesfan41 wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025 10:10 am

ecleme22 wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025 10:07 am

Ozziesfan41 wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025 10:03 am Brewers are smart trade him in the offseason instead of being dumb and waiting until the trade deadline when his value is down

That’s not always the case.

Also, I’m guessing since the brewers are good, if they open the season w FP, it means they’re keeping him.

Well it was certainly dumb to keep helsley and fedde. Unless a player has a down year the year before it’s dumb to keep them until the deadline their value goes down due to not as much team control and the risk of them having a down year.

We have no idea of the offers.

Of course Fedde is hindsight. Who’d da thought he would fall off a cliff.

Hindsight for you maybe but for me and others it was foresight we were saying it was stupid to keep them in the offseason and saying they should be traded. And mo said he wasn’t looking to trade them so when you are telling people you aren’t trading players you aren’t going to get a lot of
Callers

ecleme22 wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025 10:24 am

Ozziesfan41 wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025 10:10 am

ecleme22 wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025 10:07 am

Ozziesfan41 wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025 10:03 am Brewers are smart trade him in the offseason instead of being dumb and waiting until the trade deadline when his value is down

That’s not always the case.

Also, I’m guessing since the brewers are good, if they open the season w FP, it means they’re keeping him.

Well it was certainly dumb to keep helsley and fedde. Unless a player has a down year the year before it’s dumb to keep them until the deadline their value goes down due to not as much team control and the risk of them having a down year.

We have no idea of the offers.

Of course Fedde is hindsight. Who’d da thought he would fall off a cliff.

lol - that’s what Mozeliak thought.

rockondlouie wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025 10:40 am Good, hope he's traded.

Eventually having to deal off these great pitchers (Hader, Burnes and now perhaps Peralta) is going to catch up w/them.

Toss in B. Woodruff has a $20M mutual option they likely decline and that staff would look bad if Peralta leaves.

You’ve been saying the Brewers are going to collapse for the past 5 years.

Maybe one of these years you’ll be correct.

ecleme22 wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025 10:24 am

Ozziesfan41 wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025 10:10 am

ecleme22 wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025 10:07 am

Ozziesfan41 wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025 10:03 am Brewers are smart trade him in the offseason instead of being dumb and waiting until the trade deadline when his value is down

That’s not always the case.

Also, I’m guessing since the brewers are good, if they open the season w FP, it means they’re keeping him.

Well it was certainly dumb to keep helsley and fedde. Unless a player has a down year the year before it’s dumb to keep them until the deadline their value goes down due to not as much team control and the risk of them having a down year.

We have no idea of the offers.

Of course Fedde is hindsight. Who’d da thought he would fall off a cliff.

A lot of posters predicted Fedde would fall off after having a career year in 2024. Helsley also had a career year in 2024 and relievers are way less consistent year to year, his value was as high as it possibly could be in the offseason.

If the brewers can manage to trade guys the way they did, the cardinals can too, they just chose not to, and even said they weren’t trying to in the offseason because they didn’t want to lose more season ticket renewals.

Ozziesfan41 wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025 10:03 am Brewers are smart trade him in the offseason instead of being dumb and waiting until the trade deadline when his value is down

Brewers can do that because they have or will find his replacement. John Mozeliak on the other hand never seemed to have a replacement and was too lazy to find a capable one. He wasted so much time and money searching for "low-hanging fruit ". What a putz.

Bomber1 wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025 11:25 am

rockondlouie wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025 10:40 am Good, hope he's traded.

Eventually having to deal off these great pitchers (Hader, Burnes and now perhaps Peralta) is going to catch up w/them.

Toss in B. Woodruff has a $20M mutual option they likely decline and that staff would look bad if Peralta leaves.

You’ve been saying the Brewers are going to collapse for the past 5 years.

Maybe one of these years you’ll be correct.

True a lot of people say it every offseason season the brewers are done they traded this player they lost that player they are done they just keep winning. But yea if they say it every offseason eventually they will be right

Ozziesfan41 wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025 11:44 am

Bomber1 wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025 11:25 am

rockondlouie wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025 10:40 am Good, hope he's traded.

Eventually having to deal off these great pitchers (Hader, Burnes and now perhaps Peralta) is going to catch up w/them.

Toss in B. Woodruff has a $20M mutual option they likely decline and that staff would look bad if Peralta leaves.

You’ve been saying the Brewers are going to collapse for the past 5 years.

Maybe one of these years you’ll be correct.

True a lot of people say it every offseason season the brewers are done they traded this player they lost that player they are done they just keep winning. But yea if they say it every offseason eventually they will be right

I said that the last two years, not five like that a z z wipe on "ignore" claims.

That's why he's on "ignore", the (bleep) makes c r a p up.