| Freddy Peralta | |
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.png) Peralta with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2025 | |
| New York Mets – No. 51 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: (1996-06-04)June 4, 1996 (age 29) Moca, Dominican Republic | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| May 13, 2018, for the Milwaukee Brewers | |
| MLB statistics (through 2025 season) | |
| Win–loss record | 70–42 |
| Earned run average | 3.59 |
| Strikeouts | 1,153 |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Freddy Peralta Diaz (born June 4, 1996) is a Dominican professionalbaseballpitcher for theNew York Mets ofMajor League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut with theMilwaukee Brewers in 2018. He has been named anAll-Star in 2021 and 2025.
Freddy Peralta was born inMoca, Dominican Republic, on June 4, 1996, to Pedro Peralta and Octavia Diaz.[1]
Peralta signed with theSeattle Mariners as an international free agent in April 2013. He made his professional debut that year with theDominican Summer League Mariners and spent the whole season there, going 3-3 with a 1.46 ERA in 13 games (ten starts). In 2014, he pitched for theArizona League Mariners, where he pitched to a 1-6 record and 5.29 ERA in 12 starts, and in 2015, he returned there, going 2-3 with a 4.11 ERA in 11 games (nine starts).
On December 9, 2015, the Mariners traded Peralta,Daniel Missaki and Carlos Herrera to theMilwaukee Brewers forAdam Lind.[2][3] He spent 2016 with theWisconsin Timber Rattlers and theBiloxi Shuckers, pitching to a combined 4–4 record and 3.62 ERA in 82 innings.
Peralta pitched 2017 with theCarolina Mudcats and Biloxi.[4][5] In 25 games (19 starts) between the two clubs, he was 3–8 with a 2.63 ERA and 1.16 WHIP.[6] The Brewers added him to their 40-man roster after the season.[7]MLB.com ranked Peralta as Milwaukee's tenth-ranked prospect going into the 2018 season.[8]
Peralta began 2018 with theColorado Springs Sky Sox and was called up to Milwaukee on May 13 to make his MLB debut. He debuted that same night against theColorado Rockies atCoors Field. He recorded 13 strikeouts in5+2⁄3 shutout innings, setting the Brewers franchise record for strikeouts by a first-time starter. For the season, he was 6–4 with a 4.25ERA. Of all MLB pitchers, he held right-handed batters to the lowest batting average, .110 (in 30 or more innings).[9] In 2019, Peralta made 39 appearances for the Brewers, registering a 7–3 record and 5.29 ERA with 115 strikeouts in 85 innings of work.
On February 28, 2020, Peralta and the Brewers agreed to a five-year, $15.5 million contract extension.[10] In 2020, Peralta made 15 appearances for the Brewers, pitching to a 3–1 record and a 3.99 ERA with 47 strikeouts in29+1⁄3 innings pitched.
In 2021, Peralta posted a 10–5 record and a 2.81 ERA with 195 strikeouts in144+1⁄3 innings over 28 appearances. He was selected to participate in that year'sAll-Star Game,[11] during which he struck out three consecutive batters in the seventh inning.[12]
On June 14, 2022, Peralta was placed on the 60-day injured list with alatissimus dorsi injury.[13] He was activated on August 3.[14] In 2022, Peralta went 4–4 with a 3.58 ERA and 86 strikeouts in 78 innings of work. In 2023, Peralta posted a 12–10 record and a 3.86 ERA with 210 strikeouts in165+2⁄3 innings. In 2024, Peralta posted an 11–9 record and a 3.68 ERA with 200 strikeouts in173+2⁄3 innings.
On May 12, 2025, Peralta recorded his 1,000th career strikeout when he struck outDaniel Schneemann in the bottom of the fifth inning against theCleveland Guardians. He is the fourth Brewers pitcher to achieve that milestone.[15]
He was named NL Pitcher of the Month in August 2025, during which he recorded four wins in five starts (lasting five innings in two starts and six in the other three) with a 0.32 ERA, finishing the month with a 24-inning scoreless streak; the streak ended after 30 scoreless innings on Sept. 10, 2025.[16] Throughout the August 2025 run, Peralta became the first-ever Brewer with four consecutive starts of at least five innings without surrendering a run;[17] On September 22, Peralta struck outJake Cronenworth for his 200th strikeout of the season, becoming the third pitcher in Brewers franchise history with at least three seasons of 200-plus strikeouts, joiningYovani Gallardo (4 in a row from 2009-12) andCorbin Burnes (3 in a row from 2021-23).[18] In 2025, Peralta posted a 17–6 record and a 2.70 ERA with 204 strikeouts in176+2⁄3 innings.
On January 21, 2026, the Brewers traded Peralta andTobias Myers to theNew York Mets in exchange forJett Williams andBrandon Sproat.[19]
Peralta and his wife, Maritza, have one daughter together.[20]
Peralta's brother,Luis, is also a professional baseball pitcher, currently with theColorado Rockies.[21]
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