If the Milwaukee Brewers are going to trade All-Star right-hander Freddy Peralta, they ideally will want the return to include a young, major-league ready replacement.

Interested teams might resist, knowing they would get only one year of club control with Peralta. But any team that acquires him also would gain the inside track on signing him to an extension — the kind that is beyond the Brewers’ comfort level. Peralta’s agency, ACES, has been open to such deals in the past.

Of the clubs in the mix for Peralta, the New York Mets might be in the best position to part with a prized young arm – and they can do it without offering top prospect Nolan McLean.

Two of the Mets’ other youngsters, Brandon Sproat and Jonah Tong, reached the majors last season. Christian Scott, another with major-league experience, is nearing the end of his rehabilitation from Tommy John surgery.

The Atlanta Braves (JR Ritchie), New York Yankees (Carlos Lagrange, Elmer Rodríguez), Boston Red Sox (Payton Tolle, Connelly Early) and Los Angeles Dodgers (River Ryan, Emmett Sheehan, Gavin Stone) are among the other clubs with the ability to entice the Brewers — again, assuming they are willing to make that type of move.

The Braves, with age and injury questions in their rotation, might be reluctant. Ditto for the Red Sox, who already have parted with young pitching in trades for first baseman Willson Contreras and pitchers Sonny Gray and Johan Oviedo.

Peralta’s $8 million salary for 2026 is also affordable for small-market clubs, though it’s unlikely a team such as the Miami Marlins would make a win-now type of trade.

The Brewers, by keeping shortstop Willy Adames through his final year of club control in 2024, have demonstrated they are willing to hold onto a player until he becomes a free agent. If they make Peralta a qualifying offer, they would receive a Competitive Balance Round A pick in the low 30s, and that will factor into their trade calculus.

To get Peralta, a team will need to meet their price.

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  4. Cashman let the brewers scam us for Devin so we can get peralta for Gil and some prospects we don’t care about. Next level shit right there

  11. The Yankees match up pretty well with the Brewers, but they usually don’t like to trade for players with one control year left.

  12. Dumb that we are talking about trading players when Imai or Cease or whoever was available for just money. 

  13. I’m not saying I wouldn’t trade him, but I do find it funny the amount of people petitioning to trade Will Warren who had a 2.1 fWAR in his rookie year for someone whose averaged 3 fWAR the past three years.

  15. does anyone else feel like jasson would be perfect in the brewers system? they love short speedy guys and giving them free reign to steal bases

  18. As others have said, Will Warren, it’s you’re time to shine! Idk if any of the guys in AAA are considered “major league ready,” so Warren is probably the best option for them since he has years of control (2031) and doesn’t have the injury history of Gil. Warren has proven he can pitch a full healthy season, and that he can improve.

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