Rays get Peralta, and he wins the deciding game against the Guardians, with a post season record of 3-0 and 0.67 ERA. Whereas the Sox got Castillo instead, with no wins and 8.64 ERA. IF Getz would have swung a trade for Peralta, Sox would be going to the World Series IMO. That is why I don’t support Getz for Executive of the Year.

4 minutes ago, hankchifan said:

Rays get Peralta, and he wins the deciding game against the Guardians, with a post season record of 3-0 and 0.67 ERA. Whereas the Sox got Castillo instead, with no wins and 8.64 ERA. IF Getz would have swung a trade for Peralta, Sox would be going to the World Series IMO. That is why I don’t support Getz for Executive of the Year.

Peralta needed some fixing. I'm not sure the Sox would be the team to get the most out of him. But, there's no way he would have been as bad as Castillo. The Sox just needed another functioning starter to get past the Guardians.

I want to add that Peralta was just named the MVP of the ALDS.

26 minutes ago, chw42 said:

Peralta needed some fixing. I'm not sure the Sox would be the team to get the most out of him. But, there's no way he would have been as bad as Castillo. The Sox just needed another functioning starter to get past the Guardians.

I think just getting him off a terrible Mets team was huge. Their defense was awful

"He (Freddy Peralta) said, 'I always feel comfortable pitching out of the stretch,'" Moncada said of Peralta. "So we were like, 'Go with what makes you most comfortable,' and he went back."

This simple change for Peralta has clearly helped, as he's turned the corner for the Rays since making this change. But that's not all that the Rays did to fix Peralta.

"From there, the Rays instituted further modifications," Castillo writes. "They had Peralta move to the third base side of the rubber and widen his stance. They told him to speed up his delivery. They gave him a drill package to incorporate into his preparation to generate more strength from his legs (which led to an additional 2.4 inches of extension and an increase of 2-3 mph with his velo)."

All of those changes, from the adjustments on the mound to his changes when he's off of it, have culminated in quite the mid-season turnaround from Peralta.

yahoo.com/sports

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This should be a damn good World Series with 2 excellent teams, go Rays.

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by The Mighty Mite

https://www.mlb.com/news/what-went-wrong-during-freddy-peralta-s-mets-tenure

Mets' much maligned (see Alonso comments) analytics group advised Peralta to throw more curveballs and sweepers, fewer change-ups

Rays also changed his arm angle a bit as well

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/freddy-peraltas-tampa-bay-turnaround-200003419.html

"Meanwhile, Mets officials relayed to MLB.com's Anthony DiComo that many of the mechanical tweaks the Rays suggested were ideas they had to maximize Peralta's effectiveness. David Stearns also discussed Peralta in his end-of-season press conference, suggesting he had to do a further examination of why the Mets couldn't effectively communicate the desired tweaks to Peralta as the Rays did."

So how did he get here? Peralta raised his arm angle to around 36 degrees with the Rays, as opposed to 33 degrees when he was with the Mets earlier in the season. He has also gotten his extension back to about 6.7 feet, while it was just 6.5 feet with the Mets. Last season, Peralta's arm angle was 38.4 degrees and his extension was 6.8 feet pitching for the Milwaukee Brewers. He went 17-6 with a 2.70 ERA with the Brewers in 2025. These adjustments have seen Peralta's velocity rise by 2-3 mph on all of his pitches.

"Fastball was exceptional and did not look like the Sox had much chance against the velocity," the scout said of Peralta. "(I) felt like he leaned heavily on the changeup over his sweeper. The biggest adjustment down in Tampa Bay in my opinion (for Peralta) is leaning on the changeup."

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https://www.amazinavenue.com/new-york-mets-analysis/98808/mets-freddy-peralta-trade-return-prospects-new-york

The Mets finally found a package they liked for Freddy Peralta, moving him to Tampa Bay for three prospects most fans have likely never heard of. Indeed, none of these prospects ranked in the Rays’ top-10 per MLB pipeline.

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/who-will-be-the-next-mlb-gm-baseball-execs-discuss-the-top-candidates-for-front-office-jobs-around-the-league-183716356.html

Sox/former Rays' Asst GM Carlos Rodriguez finishes in Top 5 vote getters for future GMs, plus two votes for Barfield

two Guardians execs in Top 5

one vote for Rick Hahn lol

Jon Daniels, Senior Advisor, TB*	8
Brandon Gomes, General Manager, LAD	5
Mike Chernoff, General Manager, CLE*	4
Ben Sestanovich, Assistant General Manager, ATL	4
Matt Forman, Assistant General Manager, CLE*	4
James Click, VP, Strategy, TOR	4
Carlos Rodriguez, Assistant General Manager, CWS*	4
Thad Levine, Special Advisor, MIL*	3
Carter Hawkins, General Manager, CHC	3
Justin Hollander, General Manager, SEA	3
Michael Groopman, Assistant General Manager, BOS	2
Derek Falvey, former President of Baseball Ops, MIN	2
Josh Barfield, Assistant General Manager, CWS*	2
Randy Flores, Assistant General Manager, STL	2
Amiel Sawdaye, Assistant General Manager, AZ	2
Justin Horowitz, Assistant General Manager, WSH

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9 hours ago, hankchifan said:

Rays get Peralta, and he wins the deciding game against the Guardians, with a post season record of 3-0 and 0.67 ERA. Whereas the Sox got Castillo instead, with no wins and 8.64 ERA. IF Getz would have swung a trade for Peralta, Sox would be going to the World Series IMO. That is why I don’t support Getz for Executive of the Year.

He should be runner-up to Neander.