The San Diego Padres hit the table in the Major League free agency market this Wednesday by agreeing with the Dominican Wandy Peralta, who has played with the New York Yankees since the 2021 season.
Peralta, who signed for four years and a total of $16.5 million dollars according to reports from the MLB.com portal, had been one of the key pieces in the New York Yankees, with numbers in the bullpen that stood him out above the rest of the team. .
However, despite the collective interest of the currency, which he had been negotiating with him since November according to statements by Brian Cashman, general manager, the left-hander preferred a change of scenery.
In fact, the New York Mets had also shown interest days ago in acquiring the reliever’s services, trying to show him the benefits of continuing in a city like New York, but it was not possible.
Peralta’s contract would also include three optional clauses that will allow him to opt out of the agreement without problems and also veto possible changes.
The contract establishes three optional clauses that allow Peralta to get out of this agreement with the San Diego team, the official MLB.com portal reported this Wednesday.
In 2023, Peralta was the arm most used by Mules manager Aaron Boone, working in 63 regular season games where he finished with a 4-2 record, a 2.83 earned run percentage in 54 innings of work and a total of 51 fans.
Furthermore, making a breakdown of the three campaigns linked to those from the Bronx, Peralta left an ERA of 2.82 in 165 games and 133 strikeouts.
The signing of Peralta’s signing is expected to help strengthen San Diego’s bullpen, especially against dangerous left-handed hitters in the division such as the Dodgers’ newly acquired Shohei Ohtani or Arizona Diamondbacks star Joc Peterson, especially after of the departure of their star closer Josh Harder and their trusted setup, Tim Hill.
The data that supports Peralta’s work is that against left-handed batters, in 2023, he only allowed 11 hits in 80 at-bats, and of those 80 matches, 24 ended in strikeouts.
In this way, Peralta becomes the new addition of the Padres for the upcoming 2024 Major League season, joining a staff of pitchers also with a Yankee past, such as the Dominicans Randy Vásquez and the versatile Jhony Brito, who can serve as starter or reliever.
Likewise, right-handed pitcher Woo-Suk Go and Venezuelan Robert Suárez will compete with the star closer of Japanese baseball, Yuki Matsui, to take over the job of the final inning and get the rescue.
In the case of Matsui, who also signed a multi-year contract with the team for five years, he has managed to spend his entire career with the Eagles in Japan where at 28 years old he had a total of 236 career saves, of which 39 He got them in 2023.
In addition, during that time he left an ERA of 2.40 in 659.2 innings of work.
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