The Brewers traded away Freddy Peralta on January 21 to the New York Mets. Milwaukee, which could have lost Peralta to free agency after 2026, will get Brandon Sproat & Jett Williams. New York, meanwhile, gets a coveted ace, plus pitcher Tobias Myers.

The Mets’ Return

• SP Freddy Peralta (2.70 ERA, 204 K over 178.2 IP)
• SP Tobias Myers (3.55 ERA, 38 K over 50.2 IP)

The 2025 season was another strong one for Freddy Peralta. The 29-year-old right-hander struck out 204 batters, the third straight year that Peralta punched out at least 200 in a single season. Peralta also set a career-high in wins (17) with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2025.

His .270 opponents’ wOBA ranked among the top-20 in MLB (min. 100 IP by SP).

Peralta is one of the true magicians of Major League Baseball. “Fastball Freddy” has one of the best fastballs in the game in terms of true production, and proof of that is in the numbers. His four-seamer last season induced the second-most chases (189) in the league, behind only Ryne Nelson. Opposing batters hit just .209 off it last year.

That opponents’ batting average was very good, especially when taking into account that he surrendered 16 home runs off the pitch last season. It sounds like a lot but it’s worth keeping in mind that Peralta used it well over 50% of the time on average.

His fastball isn’t incredibly hard; it only averaged 94.8 MPH last season. But between the angle and how it rides up in the zone, it’s a strong weapon when commanded well. However, it can get it in the zone.

Aside from the fastball, Peralta will look to change the look repeatedly. He has three other weapons, a curveball, a slider, and a changeup, that he’ll use. How each of those pitches has been used over the years has varied. But this past season, Peralta used his slider fewer than 10% of the time, his lowest since 2020, and the changeup at a career-high 21.2%.

The result? A lot of swing-and-miss, all over the zone and out of it.

Peralta is under contract through the 2026 season. He will be a free agent afterwards.

The other player involved is Tobias Myers, who Mets should be very familiar with. Myers, a 27-year-old pitcher, torched the Mets both in late September 2024 during the regular season and then threw five scoreless innings in Game 3 of the 2024 Wild Card Round against New York.

Formerly an Orioles and Rays prospect, Myers is an over-the-top pitcher who has a booming four-seam fastball with above-average ride, one that’ll sit in the low-90s. He’ll also pair with a slider, cutter, and splitter. Myers pitched mainly in relief this past year, as he only made six starts in 2025 with the Brewers.

Myers has five years of team control left.

The Brewers’ Return

• SP Brandon Sproat (4.79 ERA, 17 K over 20 IP (MLB))
• INF/OF Jett Williams (.261/.363/.465, 17 HR, 58 XBH over 130 GP)

Brandon Sproat received a brief cameo with the Mets in September, as New York called upon him late after the team had significant problems covering innings down the stretch.

We went over Sproat in more detail in September but we’ll give you the gist of it again. Very diverse pitch mix, including a mid-to-upper-90s four-seamer and two-seamer, as well as a changeup, sweeper, slider, and curveball. He mowed through opposing High-A and Double-A hitters in 2024. However, he did have to go through some growing pains as a pro with Triple-A Syracuse.

Sproat isn’t a big swing-and-miss pitcher; he recorded a 25.4% Whiff% in Triple-A this past season. However, he does profile as a groundball pitcher. The ex-Florida Gator recorded a GB% just a shade under 53%, and with the sinker, changeup, and sweeper, that’s not a shock.

The other player headed to the Brewers was Jett Williams, a first-round pick by the Mets in 2022. And if you want to know why the Brewers likely wanted him, take a look at his numbers from 2023.

The now-former Mets prospect had a fantastic 2023 campaign in A-ball, as he posted a .876 OPS, stole 45 bases, and walked 104 times in 121 games. That season put him on the map. However, he was limited in 2024 due to injuries and played catch-up during the 2025 season.

Williams was arguably the Mets’ second-best position player prospect at the time of the trade. An explosive player with speed, the ability to hit the high ball, and great discipline, Williams is close to a five-tool player.

Little Chase% (22.5% in Triple-A) in Williams’ game.

Defensively, Williams played at second, short, and center field in the Minors.

Analysis

Yet again, the Mets go for a major swing via trade, one day after the team acquired Luis Robert Jr. from the White Sox.

Peralta has been one of the game’s premier pitchers. He’s netted a ton of strikeouts — controllable outcomes. The move gives the Mets a true ace to go along with a rotation that, right now, is filled with a mix of veterans (Sean Manaea, Clay Holmes, David Peterson) and youngsters (Nolan McLean, Jonah Tong).

Last season, the Mets had difficulties getting five or more innings out of their starters. Out of the 33 starts Peralta made last season, only three were fewer than five innings (one of those was in the final weekend).

As for the Brewers, Milwaukee does what the team previously did with Corbin Burnes: trade away their ace before he hits free agency.

This package has the potential to be much better than the one received for Burnes. Williams has leadoff hitter potential written all over him, while Sproat could fit in perfectly with a defensively sound Brewers team, just like Quinn Priester did.

Sproat also joins a Brewers team flush with pitching depth. Don’t forget, Jacob Misiorowski, Quinn Priester, Brandon Woodruff, and Logan Henderson are still around, plus others.

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