New York Mets starting pitcher Freddy Peralta will hit free agency after the 2026 MLB season. The team acquired him from the Milwaukee Brewers by trading away top prospects Brandon Sproat and Jett Williams. Now, the bigger question is whether the Mets can secure him for the long term.
Both parties are ready to play out this upcoming season with Peralta’s free agency looming and then revisit the situation either during the middle of the summer or after the campaign to determine whether there’s a long-term fit.
Nonetheless, if Peralta does see himself in New York long-term and the Mets feel the same way, what would a contract extension look like? SNY’s Jim Duquette shared the contract length and dollar figures he sees the Mets offering the starting pitcher.
“I don’t see the Mets going to five years on anything like that,” Duquette said in a video that SNY published on Jan. 28. “If he was willing to do four years, and if it was around $28 to $30 million, $120 [million] total, that might be in the possibility. He does have an agent that has done deals before [with the Mets].”
Peralta has a record of 70-42 with an ERA of 3.59, 1,153 strikeouts, and one save in 211 appearances during his time with the Brewers, per StatMuse. As a result, the starting pitcher will be looking to get paid next offseason, whether that comes from the Mets or another team.
Don’t Expect Freddy Peralta to Take Any Team Discount
Moreover, Duquette doesn’t see the new Mets starting pitcher taking any discount after being on a team-friendly contract during his time with the Milwaukee Brewers.
“There may be a change of rules in 2027 where there’s a salary cap, so you see a lot of short‑term deals,” Duquette added. “That’s primarily what the organization has been focusing on, is short‑term deals, and they also develop pitching well.
“So I think that all has to factor into any type of offer that you make to Freddy Peralta, and you hope that he’s willing to take a discount or a little bit of a discount. But you also know he’s coming off one where it was a steep discount there in Milwaukee.”
Would Freddy Peralta Want to Stay With the Mets?
Meanwhile, Mets beat reporter Anthony DiComo of MLB.com shared his take on whether Peralta can stick around in Queens past this upcoming season, noting that any contract extension is a two-way street to get done.
“I think what people forget to realize sometimes is that it takes two to tango,” DiComo said on the Jan. 26 edition of “Baseball Night in New York.” “Freddy Peralta, who’s a year from free agency, who’s never pitched in New York before, probably doesn’t even know if he likes it, of course, because he hasn’t pitched here. He has to want to do it, too, and the Mets have to make it worth it as well. David Stearns doesn’t love paying players into their mid-30s.
“That’s what he would have to do for Peralta in an extension. So these are all reasons why it doesn’t necessarily have to happen, but it absolutely could. I think if you’re the Mets, you do give up those prospects. There is some motivation, at least, to explore it. These conversations tend to happen in March. You get down to spring training, everyone’s in the same place.”
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