{"id":624793,"date":"2026-03-15T08:52:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T08:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/624793\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T08:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T08:52:18","slug":"mets-freddy-peralta-has-no-problem-pitching-with-added-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/624793\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets’ Freddy Peralta has ‘no problem’ pitching with added rest"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. \u2014 Freddy Peralta is ready.<\/p>\n

The new Mets ace is set to start Opening Day<\/a> and looked crisp Saturday over four innings, allowing just one run against the Astros.<\/p>\n

He has one more outing remaining before the regular season begins.<\/p>\n

The right-hander\u2019s swing-and-miss stuff was evident in an 8-2 loss to Houston at Ballpark of the Palm Beaches.<\/p>\n

And even if his velocity was a tick down from normal \u2014 about 1 mph down on most of his pitches, Peralta was unconcerned.<\/p>\n

\"FreddyFreddy Peralta throws a pitch during the Mets\u2019 Feb. 27 spring training game. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything is getting where I want it to be,\u2019\u2019 Peralta said. \u201cI don\u2019t check my speed. I know myself. I know how I work when I get into the season and the intensity of the game is when I am who I really am. I know what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s true, he said, whether he\u2019s pitching every five or six days, as the Mets could use a six-man rotation.<\/p>\n

Manager Carlos Mendoza previously stated Peralta would be the one starter not impacted by that schedule but said that could change, depending on the team\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n

Peralta added Saturday he would be fine with pitching with added rest, as long as it was communicated early.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s no problem,\u201d Peralta said. \u201cI\u2019ve been in that situation before \u2014 for years. I know I can manage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peralta is passing that veteran attitude and pitching IQ on to the other Mets starters, including Christian Scott.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old, returning from Tommy John surgery<\/a>, made his second appearance of the spring Tuesday as he works back into major league form.<\/p>\n

With the rotation likely filled by Peralta, Clay Holmes, Kodai Senga, Nolan McLean, Sean Manaea and David Peterson, Scott is trying to pick up as much as he can from Peralta while they\u2019re in camp together.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

He\u2019s not alone in that attempt, as Peralta came from the Brewers highly respected, as well as successful and willing to impart his wisdom.<\/p>\n

And Scott believes he\u2019s uniquely qualified to be a student of Peralta\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to pick his brain throughout the season for whatever I can learn,\u2019\u2019 Scott said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know he strikes out a lot of guys,\u201d Scott said. \u201cThat\u2019s his calling card. For me, as a pitcher, that\u2019s what I strive to do: Strike out guys at a high level. I watch outings and his delivery is a little more funky than other guys, but to be able to go out there and do it and make every start every year and be able to stay healthy, it\u2019s mind-blowing. I\u2019m trying to be the same way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"NewChristian Scott throws a pitch during the Mets\u2019 Feb. 21 workout in spring training. Corey Sipkin for the NY Post<\/p>\n

Scott has only nine major league starts to his name, but struck out eight batters in six innings in his second start with the Mets in 2024.<\/p>\n

Peralta, as Scott noted, has shown an ability to be productive and dependable.<\/p>\n

Over the previous three seasons, the 29-year-old has made at least 30 starts, had 200-plus strikeouts and made a pair of All-Star teams.<\/p>\n

And Scott knows it\u2019s not simply because of talent, which is why he\u2019s kept a close eye on Peralta all spring, even between starts, to see what he can learn.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe first thing is that he\u2019s the same guy every day at the field,\u201d Scott said. \u201cYou know what you\u2019re gonna get from him. I feel that\u2019s underrated, especially over the course of the season. I\u2019ve already seen how high the highs can be and how low the lows are. He\u2019s been through it all for a bunch of seasons and been an All-Star. It\u2019s cool to be able to see a guy like that, who stays consistent on a day-to-day basis.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Scott is also getting to know the work it takes to make that possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis catch-play with his throwing program is very consistent,\u2019\u2019 Scott said. \u201cIt\u2019s like he hits the glove with every single throw, every time he\u2019s out there. I\u2019ll go by and say \u2018That\u2019s beautiful\u2019 and he laughs, but mine isn\u2019t as good.\u201d<\/p>\n

He\u2019s working on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. \u2014 Freddy Peralta is ready. The new Mets ace is set to start Opening…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,753,101,4,1690,61,2548,4203,185,151],"class_list":{"0":"post-624793","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-mets","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-freddy-peralta","10":"tag-mets","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-mets","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkmets","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-spring-training"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116232346715197858","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}