Freddy Peralta traded to Rays after disastrous stint with Mets

The Freddy Peralta experiment is over in New York. The Mets have traded Peralta to the Rays less than a year after acquiring him in a blockbuster trade this winter with the Brewers, per multiple reports. In a move that fans hoped would add a new ace last offseason, the Mets received the right-handed pitcher and Tobias Myers in exchange for top prospects Jett Williams and Brandon Sproat. New York Mets pitcher Freddy Peralta (51) prior to the game against the Milwaukee Brewers. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect Peralta was supposed to be the leader in a pitching staff that already included Nolan McLean, Sean Manaea and Kodai Senga. But Peralta has been anything but that. Peralta’s strikeout numbers and batting average against have declined from past seasons, although he has maintained his wal