One that has been clear over the last few months is that the Milwaukee Brewers have a pitcher that plenty of teams would surely want on their roster.
Freddy Peralta is a workhorse who is a two-time All-Star and finished fifth in the National League Cy Young Award voting in 2025 after pitching to a 2.70 ERA and leading the league with 17 wins. There were trade rumors swirling with his name in them for months throughout the season. But, fortunately, they stopped as it became overtly clear that Milwaukee was a contender and wasn’t selling.
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Right after the Brewers were knocked out of the playoffs, though, the chatter picked right back up. He’s a year from free agency and will be cheap in 2026 at just $8 million. The rumors have mainly centered around the idea that the Brewers traded other big-name guys before a year before free agency. So, what about Peralta? But, the team hasn’t given an indication that it is going to make a move. In fact, USA Today MLB insider Bob Nightengale actually shut down the idea of a move.
The Brewers shouldn’t trade Freddy Peralta