We caught up with Matt Arnold during the GM Meetings in Las Vegas, but the story was lost a little bit amid Pat Murphy winning NL Manager of the Year the same night.
Obviously it's the time of year that requires a Google Translate setting for "GM speak to English," but I'm wondering what fans predict will happen with Freddy Peralta going into his final season before free agency, in light of Arnold's most recent comments. Do you think the Brewers will trade him now? Keep him and deal him at next year's Trade Deadline? Or keep him all the way and be content with a Draft pick? https://www.mlb.com/brewers/news/matt-arnold-discusses-freddy-peralta-at-2025-gm-meetings
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Keep. Might as well.
There are some really interesting ingredients of this case that would make Freddy a really perfect candidate for the right team because he is so cheap – so in that sense I would certainly listen to offers but I would be really firm in a high asking price and be ready to just bring him back and benefit from a great pitcher at a low cost. I wonder if Woody opting in would affect that decision.
I usually try to avoid furthering the “no one pays attention to the brewers” narrative that gets beaten to death around here, but this is the second or third article within the last year that has claimed Burnes was traded to Arizona when discussing the Brewer FO’s sell high mentality.
Ultimately it’s beyond the point, but it’s just odd it’s happened multiple times lol
My vote is for keep. However this is one of those situations where you’re gonna get a haul for Freddy either way, but if you have a team thats going to give you a haul and somehow STILL overpay? You gotta at least consider it
As much as I love Freddy, his amazing 2025 season is our best chance at getting a great bat from some team. We will be fine with our rotation, although our arms need to grow a little in order to replace Freddy. If we can get a good batter, it’ll be worth what we lose with him.
Still love you Freddy. If we get to keep him, perfectly fine with that, but we still need bats
If the offer is high enough you make a deal. That being said going with him into next year with that contract is a very good problem to have. Only risk is if he gets hurt. Then no trade deadline possibility and maybe lose the high draft pick comp if his deal not high enough with his new team. I think injury potential is what motivated the Corbin trade with one year remaining.
I prefer to keep, always see how the first few months go before deciding. If they don’t trade him and can’t get a deal at least they can do a qualifying offer to him.
Not bad for Adam Lind
i would probably trade assuming the haul is good
If Woody stays and they expect him to be healthy, then explore offers but probably keep. If Woody is gone, keep Freddy.
From Arnold’s quotes at the GM meetings, it sounds like they’ve more serious and motivated about a trade than I previously thought, tho.
I’d be stunned if they trade him. He’s pretty cheap for his position/talent level and starting pitching depth is always a need (see the NLCS). Plus, I’d put him closer to Adames than Burnes/Devin on the “leader in the clubhouse” spectrum.
Keep unless you’re blown away. The return would have to be special – I don’t know if there is another team that could match his value to Milwaukee. His production at $8 mil for one season is extremely valuable for a small market team in contention.
Milwaukee has only traded stars when there was someone to replace them – for Hader it was Williams, for Williams it was Megill – they didn’t have a viable replacement for Willy so they didn’t trade. I’d expect the same with Freddy – they are already relying on young guys to replace several starters from last season.
It depends on what MIL wants in a trade and what teams are willing to meet it.
MIL doesn’t have many holes.
He’s a great deadline acquisition. Doesn’t make sense to trade him now. Let’s see how the year unfolds and use him as leverage to get a piece or two to improve the team, or if we’re hot doodoo from a butt we can trade him for top prospects
My question would be, what holes would you use Freddy to plug for us?
Our OF is fairly solid at the moment between Sal, Churrio, and any combination of the remainders (my hope is Collins has a quantum leap).
INF, we need a SS but have one of the top prospects in baseball lined up to replace Ortiz. 3B we have a ROTY finalist, 2B Turang, while extremely disappointing in the post season, was very good for us throughout the regular season. 1B/DH is the only position I could see us getting improvement from…but for a top 10 SP? I’d need one of the best 1B/DH in the league tbh…
RP we have a solid lineup, and every year we’ve been able to get bargain bin RP and turn them into studs.
I don’t see the value in trading Freddy away, personally, unless we get a very large return.
If we are low in the standings before the deadline next season, we should definitely deal him for prospects.
KEEP HIM. For the love of god trading him would be so thoughtless and short sighted.
Idc if you have to handcuff him…Frederick P stays
At some point, don’t we have to keep great players?
> “Every situation is really unique,” Arnold said Tuesday when asked specifically about Peralta. “Certainly, every team in the league is interested in Freddy Peralta, but he means a lot to us, too. I would anticipate he’s part of our team.”
> Arnold conceded that could change, however.
>“Look, I think in all these cases, it’s a tough decision for all of us,” Arnold said. “We’ve had to make tough decisions on the Haders of the world and Corbin Burnes and things like that, and Freddy is certainly in that conversation. We’ll never close the door on anything, just because we’re the smallest market in the league and we have to make tough decisions like that. But, you know, we think he can certainly help us next year.”
My heart says keep him. (more accurately, my heart ugly-cries about the mere thought of losing Freddy)
But my head says we definitely should trade him this off-season. And I think he will be traded.
Keep.
If they get another established starter or bring back Woody, I think there’s merit to listening for a top notch offer, but Miz isn’t ready to step into that Ace position yet, imho. Need a trusted stable starter at the top of the rotation and Freddy is that guy for the time being.
Keep him. He’s our ace and only cost $8mil. Trade him at the deadline IF we are out of contention.
If the As can get a top 3 prospect for a relief pitcher, I think we need to highly consider what we can get for Freddy