Outfielder David Peralta underwent a flexor tendon repair procedure on his left/throwing arm, reports Jack Harris of the Los Angeles Times. The impending free agent is expected to be throwing and hitting again by March.
Peralta, now 36, was signed by the Dodgers to a one-year deal with a $6.5MM guarantee coming into 2023. He carried a career batting line of .281/.339/.457 into the season, which translated to a wRC+ of 110, indicating he had been 10% better than the league average hitter in that time.
He ended up having a down year in 2023, though it’s possible the injury played a part in that. According to Harris, the issue popped up around the All-Star break and Peralta played through it in the second half of the season. The outfielder was hitting .283/.323/.434 for a 106 wRC+ at the break but then produced a diminished line of .231/.259/.319 and 54 wRC+ after.
With his one-year deal with the Dodgers now ending, Peralta is heading back to free agency on the heels of a subpar platform. The injury gives him a plausible explanation for the poor results, though it also creates some uncertainty about the future, as it seems as though he may not be fully healthy by the time Spring Training ramps up in February. Given his age and this procedure, teams may want to wait and see how things develop over the winter before agreeing to a deal for the 2024 season.
Must have been all those innings he pitched as a minor leaguer…
This guy is such a clown. So desperate to be accepted and loved in LA — even made disparaging comments about his former team’s crowd. Now they’re in the World Series and he’s on the sofa. Total bum.
There goes Neon Cop lying again. Show these “disparaging comments”. Peralta is a class act wherever he goes. Thankful to the Dbacks and Dodgers
Peralta claimed home games at Chase Field were like home games for the Dodgers. Jenna Ortiz of the Arizona Republic wrote a story a couple of weeks ago about Peralta and how the Arizona fans got the last laugh after
Sweeping the Dodgers out of the playoffs. I bet they are laughing even harder now that they won the NL pennant
He wasn’t wrong though – AZ games were loaded with Dodgers fans. That’s what he was pointing out.
I genuinely wonder how some of you go about your day to day lives being so sensitive and easily triggered by the smallest things.
Nobody’s “triggered,” doofus. Just pointing out his fake persona.
Who hurt you LOL you sound delusional
Dang you are so mean. I wonder if you are this mean in person. It’s David Peralta, bro. Who gives a hoot what he says? If it was Randy Johnson or Luis Gonzalez, I would understand. He’s a footnote. Cheer up.
Could be the end of the road for Mr. Peralta. He’s had a very nice career and while I hope he can walk away on his own terms, flexor tendon repair surgery is no joke and can take 9-12 months to come back from (depending on the severity). Maybe he can sign a minor league deal, but I highly doubt he’ll get a guaranteed deal given his age and this recent surgery.
Dorothy: The article says he’ll be back by March. But everyone heals differently.
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Never understood why they kept running him out there in the second half over, for example, Chris Taylor and now it makes even less sense.
Because Dave Roberts is bound by organizational decree to strictly platoon all left handed and right handed hitters regardless of who’s hitting better
Chris Taylor still played half of his games in LF – unfortunately, he was needed in the infield for the rest because of the injury and production issues there.
The Dodgers did what they could, but defensively they were scrambling for warm bodies all year. When you have to take the best defensive RF in the game, and play him at 2B instead, you know you have problems.
Cam: It seems like Lux’ injury had a domino effect on the team. Good thing Mookie is such a natural athlete. He could probably adapt to almost any position other than catcher.