Overview
- Industry reports Friday said New York has talked to clubs about the right-hander and set June 1 to gauge whether to keep him or start selling.
- MLB Trade Rumors later noted a Cubs source who said the team is surveying starters broadly and has not held specific Peralta talks with the Mets.
- The Mets own one of MLB’s worst records, Peralta has a 3.12 ERA through eight starts, and spring efforts to extend him stalled as he eyed a longer deal.
- Chicago’s fit is clear given rotation injuries to Cade Horton, Matthew Boyd, and Justin Steele, plus manager Craig Counsell’s years coaching Peralta in Milwaukee.
- If New York sells, Peralta is a rental on an $8 million salary, and the club could shop other arms like Clay Holmes, with trade value likely topping the small draft-pick return tied to a qualifying offer for a luxury-tax team.