{"id":108151,"date":"2026-01-22T03:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T03:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/108151\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T03:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T03:50:09","slug":"why-brewers-traded-freddy-peralta-away-to-the-new-york-mets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/108151\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Brewers traded Freddy Peralta away to the New York Mets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why Brewers traded Freddy Peralta away to the New York Mets<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The rumors had been there most of the offseason, but it wasn’t a sure thing that the Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> would trade away Freddy Peralta.<\/p>\n

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Now it has happened. They dealt Peralta on Wednesday night to the New York Mets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan<\/a>, the Brewers get two prominent prospects in return, Jett Williams and Brandon Sproat.<\/p>\n

It’s still a bit of a surprise to see the team that just had the best record in the National League trade away their ace who just had a 2.70 ERA.<\/p>\n

Here, we’ll make some sense of it.<\/p>\n

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Why did the Brewers trade Freddy Peralta to the Mets?<\/p>\n

This all comes down to club control.<\/p>\n

The 2026 season will be Peralta’s last under his current contract.<\/p>\n

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If he puts together a solid campaign, it’s unlikely the Brewers could win a bidding war for him in free agency.<\/p>\n

Instead, they get two promising young players to have for the next half-decade or more.<\/p>\n

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Williams is a shortstop and ranked by MLB Pipeline as the No. 30 prospect in all of baseball.<\/p>\n

Sproat was the No. 5 prospect in a strong Mets system, and he pitched his first 20.2 innings with 17 strikeouts as part of his MLB debut season in 2025.<\/p>\n

A team like the Brewers has to make moves like this at times to stay relevant in the long haul.<\/p>\n

Getting Williams especially, with Sproat as well, is a great combination for a guy they would’ve lost after the season anyway.<\/p>\n

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