{"id":693929,"date":"2026-05-08T23:48:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T23:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/693929\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T23:48:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T23:48:19","slug":"mets-facing-freddy-peralta-trade-decision-after-cubs-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/693929\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Facing Freddy Peralta Trade Decision After Cubs Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Mets<\/a> are off to a rough start at 14-23, placing them among the worst teams in the league. In Thursday\u2019s matchup, they fell 6-2 to the Colorado Rockies<\/a> in another disappointing all-around performance.<\/p>\n

The struggles have been fueled by a league-worst offense, underperformance from high-priced additions and ongoing injury issues. They have been without key contributors, including shortstop Francisco Lindor<\/a>, who is dealing with a left calf strain, and shortstop Ronny Mauricio<\/a>, who is sidelined with a fractured left thumb.<\/p>\n

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One bright spot has been right-hander Freddy Peralta<\/a>, who has been effective this season, posting a 3.12 ERA, a 1.20 WHIP and 43 strikeouts over 43.1 innings across eight starts.<\/p>\n

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He has been at his best this season, though his strong outings have not translated into wins. After being traded from the Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> this past offseason and landing with the Mets, his arrival has not translated to overall success.<\/p>\n

As a result, New York’s front office may be willing to part ways with Peralta just weeks after trading multiple top prospects for his services.<\/p>\n

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According to Bruce Levine of Marquee Sports Network, the Chicago Cubs<\/a> have interest in acquiring Peralta, with June 1 viewed as a key date for the Mets to either push back into contention or consider moving him as he approaches free agency.<\/p>\n

Peralta has already surfaced in trade rumors just a month into his tenure, an unfortunate development for Mets fans. Just weeks before the regular season, both Peralta and New York’s front office appeared open to a contract extension. Now, he may be on his way out the door.<\/p>\n

To see the Mets already open to trading away their ace this early is extremely disappointing even if it makes sense to recoup assets for a player that may not be apart of the big picture.<\/p>\n

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With the Mets struggling, they have a greater incentive to trade Peralta rather than risk losing him for nothing in free agency. The 29-year-old originally signed with the Seattle Mariners<\/a> as an international free agent in 2013 before being traded to the Brewers in 2015.<\/p>\n

Now with the Mets, the two-time All-Star and former fifth-place Cy Young finisher was outstanding for Milwaukee last season, posting a 2.70 ERA, a 1.08 WHIP, and 204 strikeouts over 176.2 innings in 33 starts. He is in the final year of the five-year, $15.5 million contract extension he signed with the Brewers in 2020.<\/p>\n

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Related: Mets Facing Bo Bichette Decision After Unfortunate News<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on May 8, 2026, where it first appeared in the MLB<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Mets are off to a rough start at 14-23, placing them among the worst teams…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":693930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2399],"tags":[5,1649,138,24,4245,52,161,227,753,59,4,61,4804,65],"class_list":{"0":"post-693929","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-cubs","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-bruce-levine","10":"tag-chicago","11":"tag-chicago-cubs","12":"tag-chicagocubs","13":"tag-colorado-rockies","14":"tag-cubs","15":"tag-francisco-lindor","16":"tag-freddy-peralta","17":"tag-milwaukee-brewers","18":"tag-mlb","19":"tag-new-york-mets","20":"tag-ronny-mauricio","21":"tag-seattle-mariners"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116541634569046832","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693929","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=693929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/693930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}