The Tigers have signed right-hander Wily Peralta to a minor league contract with an invitation to big league camp, Jon Heyman of MLB Network tweets. The deal comes with a $1.5MM base salary and up to $300K in incentives.
This is the first we’ve heard about Peralta in quite some time, as he didn’t surface in any rumors after the Royals released him in July 2019. He has not been part of any major league organization since then, though he’ll now get a chance to compete for a spot in the Tigers’ bullpen, Jason Beck of MLB.com tweets.
Peralta, who will turn 32 in May, has spent the majority of his career as a starter between Milwaukee and Kansas City, but all of his outings as a Royal came as a reliever. From 2012-19, Peralta amassed 120 starts and 779 1/3 innings across 211 appearances and pitched to a 4.52 ERA/4.39 SIERA with underwhelming strikeout and walk percentages (16.9 and 8.8), though he did put up an impressive 50.7 percent groundball rate.
Wow. Throwback. Also this is Freddy Peralta on the pic!
Freddy weighs about 180lbs. Wily weighs about 280. That pic is not of a man who weighs 180.
Your picture is of Freddy Peralta, not Wily Peralta
Lol… sure hope not. Would be unaware Freddy was traded and out of shape.
It’s Wily. That’s not Freddy Peralta.
Reserve your spot for the World Series parade…$68 million payroll with $30 mill going to Miggy…come on Big Al spend some money on a young bat who can grow worth the young pitching
He won’t sign anyone with a big contract until Miggy is gone.
Its as if the Tigers will remain in the demolition phase of their rebuild until Miguel Cabrera’s contract is over.
Also, I doubt anyone really cares to play in DET now. Would you if you had a choice?
I would why not look who is coming up to the bigs soon
Why does everyone assume Al will start spending once Miggy is off the books? You think he is going to go out and get $31 million/year’s worth of new talent? So the team will compete with, hmm, let’s see, a(nother) $90 million payroll.?
I’m starting to think $31 million off the books will be just that.
No young bat is going to sign with the Tigers right now unless thrown a massive overpay. Dont get me wrong, this is another dumpster dive signing. But you really cant expect any good FA signings until the youngins show something.
The picture is of Freddy Peralta.
Prove it
Freddy hasn’t pitched for anyone other than the brewers
If you truly think that is Freddy Peralta then you need to change your username.
I always enjoyed watching Wily try to catch the Road Runner… he should stop ordering out of the Acme catalog.
Log off
Another dumpster dive signing…Chris won’t let Al spend any money…and Never will
There’s really no reason to spend yet. Covid has the game all wacked and the prospects are really ready.
Spending big now is a mistake.
No reason to complain about this. A MiLB signing brings in another arm to compete and for depth. There are still some real MLB arms out there yet but not sure if the Tigers will sign anyone else. Takes two to tango and it could be some of the better pitchers on the market are holding out to see if a competitive team has interest.
After spending the majority of his career working with Dombrowski, you would think Avila would value a pitcher with a solid fastball and strikeout rates more. Yet he keeps signing FA pitchers who throw ground balls, and they just don’t work out.
Al is the best in baseball. We all know that in our heart of hearts. After all, he is a Tiger.
But I can’t understand why people say players don’t want to sign here. Maybe Al has forgotten to explain Detroit is the PURRFECT landing spot, as it allows an opportunity to showcase on the MLB stage, be traded to a contender, have an opportunity to prove your worth there and include a team option for the salary you want. The receiving team will have pressure to meet your salary demand. We can be MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL.
HI CHRIS! I AM JUST A GOOD AT BROWN NOSING!
HIRE ME ,BABY! I need a dmn job!
If he makes the team, we’re in worse shape than I thought…..YIKES !
Peralta once looked like a possible building block for the Brewers and completely fizzled out. Tigers had decent luck pulling Cisnero out of obscurity so msybe they will get lucky again
Can someone please explain to me the reason behind the snide comments on this board pertaining to news about players signing minor league contracts? All teams do it, they are usually at little cost to the team with corresponding little expectation other then depth. But we always get the “print those playoff tickets now, we just signed ________!” Annoying.
The snide comments are nothing more than stupid little people saying stupid little things. I just ignore them.
It’s because it’s all the Tigers do. There are two legit bats to look forward to other than that the Tigers have nothing. A rebuild is tear it down (done), draft and secure young talent (in progress), surround young talent with veteran and add useful players (Grossman and the minor league deals don’t cut it)
I know there’s no such thing as a bad minor league signing but dude was AWFUL for the Royals.
All these people saying “Thats Freddy Peralta” is a perfect example of how misinformation spreads online. Speak with max confidence…..but you really know nothing
Apparently Peralta threw for a Dominican team this winter that Tiger minor league manager, Brayan Pena, managed and he liked what he saw and recommended him to management. Seems like a low cost gamble on whether he has any gas left in his tank. My guess: not likely. It’s the Tigers.
Consider this: the owner of the Detroit Tigers looks at the team as simply another unit of the family business empire. No passion for the gam like his father. The goal for the Tigers is to avoid losing money and be a vehicle for creating revenue for the other assets that the family owns (casino, Hockey Town, concert venues).