{"id":70641,"date":"2024-04-16T07:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=70641"},"modified":"2024-04-16T00:31:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T04:31:59","slug":"freddy-peralta-thriving-brewers-ace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/04\/16\/freddy-peralta-thriving-brewers-ace\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NL All-Star Thriving as New Ace for Brewers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/peralfr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-04-16_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Freddy Peralta<\/a> has emerged as the new ace for the National League Central Division-leading Milwaukee Brewers. Coming off a tumultuous offseason that included the controversial trade of former NL Cy Young Award winner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/burneco01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-04-16_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Corbin Burnes<\/a>, the hard-throwing right-hander and 2021 All-Star has admirably embraced the challenge of being elevated to the No. 1 spot in the rotation. In his new role, Freddy Peralta is thriving early on.<\/p>\n<h2>Freddy Peralta Thriving in New Role as Brewers Ace<\/h2>\n<p>The Dominican-born Peralta, 27, has a 2-0 record with a 2.55 earned run average in making three quality starts this season. He has allowed five earned runs on 10 hits with a team-leading 26 strikeouts and two walks through 17 2\/3 innings of work. Additionally, he earned his first career Opening Day start and led the Brewers to a 3-1 road victory over the New York Mets at Citi Field on March 29.<\/p>\n<h3>Right-Hander Shines in Memorable Third Start<\/h3>\n<p>Peralta dominated in a statement-making 11-1 road victory over the Baltimore Orioles on April 12. In that game, he continued to show flashes of what made him an All-Star in 2021. Peralta delivered six strong innings with one earned run on five hits with an individual season-high 11 strikeouts and no walks. The effort also took on added significance, as it was his fifth career start with 10 or more strikeouts without a walk. Milwaukee, the defending NL Central champion, remains in first place atop the division standings with a 10-5 record (.714 winning percentage) and has won six of its last 11 games.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Freddy Peralta in the Brewers win:<\/p>\n<p>6.0 IP<br \/>\n5 H<br \/>\n1 ER<br \/>\n0 BB<br \/>\n11 SO<\/p>\n<p>5th career start with 10+ SO and 0 BB.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StatMuse MLB (@statmusemlb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/statmusemlb\/status\/1778967043833757895?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As Milwaukee&#8217;s No. 2 starter last season, the 6-foot, 202-pound Peralta finished with a 12-10 record in 30 starts with a 3.86 ERA and 210 strikeouts. He recorded double-digit strikeouts six times in the process. The durable performance helped stabilize the rotation to compensate for the devastating injury loss of two-time All-Star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/woodrbr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-04-16_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brandon Woodruff<\/a>. Peralta was Major League Baseball&#8217;s Pitcher of the Month in August 2023, posting an unblemished 5-0 record and 2.10 ERA.<\/p>\n<h3>Steady Progression To Stardom<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a slow, steady progression for Peralta, who made his highly anticipated MLB debut with the Brewers on May 13, 2018, after being acquired in a trade with the Seattle Mariners on Dec. 9, 2015.\u00a0 Since cracking the starting rotation and becoming a full-time starter in 2021, he has consistently developed into a complete, dominant pitcher. He currently utilizes a four-seam fastball, slider, changeup, and curveball, ranging in speeds from 79.8 to 94.5 MPH according to Baseball Savant. During his memorable All-Star season, he finished 10-5 in 28 starts with 195 strikeouts and 2.81 ERA in 144 1\/3 innings. Now, he is in the final year of a five-year, $15.5 million contract which he signed in 2020.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Nasty. Filthy. Untouchable. That&#8217;s our ace <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sU9THW5e9o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/sU9THW5e9o<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9mAQ9X4MTd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/9mAQ9X4MTd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brewers\/status\/1778959468471959918?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Peralta&#8217;s consistency and veteran leadership at the top of the rotation should continue to be a bright catalyst for the Brewers moving forward. With fellow starters such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/halldl01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-04-16_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DL Hall<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/reaco01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-04-16_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colin Rea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/rossjo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-04-16_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joe Ross<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mileywa01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-04-16_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wade Miley<\/a> working to build off of the momentum, the best could be yet to come for a young, hungry club looking to build on its recent winning tradition. The Brewers are undoubtedly able to hit and produce runs on a steady basis. However, the rotation&#8217;s performance might have an even bigger impact on the team&#8217;s ultimate success.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freddy Peralta has emerged as the new ace for the National League Central Division-leading Milwaukee Brewers. Coming off a tumultuous offseason that included the controversial trade of former NL Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burnes, the hard-throwing right-hander and 2021 All-Star has admirably embraced the challenge of being elevated to the No. 1 spot in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5106,"featured_media":70704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27,1071],"tags":[1984,3886,2231,3317,2514,749,2198],"class_list":["post-70641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brewers","category-mlb","tag-brandon-woodruff","tag-colin-rea","tag-corbin-burnes","tag-dl-hall","tag-freddy-peralta","tag-joe-ross","tag-wade-miley"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}