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Pirates Release Wily Peralta

By Steve Adams | June 10, 2024 at 6:28pm CDT

The Pirates released veteran right-hander Wily Peralta, per the transaction log at MiLB.com. He’d been working primarily in a long relief role with their Triple-A affiliate in Indianapolis but is once again a free agent.

Peralta appeared in 17 games down in Indy, 13 of which came out of the bullpen. He made a quartet of starts but never went more than four innings in any of them. Of his 17 appearances, 14 of them went more than one inning. The 35-year-old righty had a nice stretch from April 10 to May 21, rattling off 22 innings of 2.86 ERA ball with an 18-to-5 K/BB ratio, but he bookended that with a pair of brutal stretches that left him with a 7.44 earned run average overall. The well-traveled righty posted a below-average 20% strikeout rate and a higher-than-average 9.7% walk rate in 32 2/3 innings during his run with the organization.

Peralta hasn’t appeared in the majors since a strong 2021-22 showing with the Tigers. He combined for 132 innings of 2.93 ERA ball between the rotation and bullpen over those two seasons — albeit with a lackluster 15.8% strikeout rate and unsightly 10.9% walk rate. Peralta started 24 games for the Nationals’ Triple-A affiliate in 2023 but was roughed up for a 6.31 ERA in that time.

Early in his career, Peralta looked like a potential fixture in the Brewers’ rotation. He notched a 3.83 ERA with solid command and a plus ground-ball rate in 411 innings from 2012-14. Even as his results took a step back in each of the next two seasons, he kept his ERA under 5.00 and looked the part of a serviceable back-of-the-rotation arm. His 2012-16 efforts in Milwaukee produced 647 1/3 innings of 4.18 ERA ball.

Since that time, Peralta has bounced around the league and struggled to find much staying power at the MLB level. He’s worked primarily as a reliever since 2017, even serving as the Royals’ closer for a spell in 2018, saving 14 games in Kansas City. However, Peralta has never been able to match the success of his first few MLB seasons. He’ll head back to the market in search of opportunities to latch on as a multi-inning reliever in a new setting.

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18 Comments

  1. YourDreamGM

    1 year ago

    A+ release

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    • User 1404051815

      1 year ago

      After Heller was called up and he wasn’t, ole Willy should have seen the writing on the wall. Then again, I don’t know that he could hit three batters in one inning if he tried

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  2. PaulyMidwest

    1 year ago

    Trying to hit PCA didn’t work out too well. He will end up clogging up a spot on some teams triple A roster.

    Reply
  3. CarryABigStick

    1 year ago

    Big (Mother Bleeping) Wily Style

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  4. Scott Kliesen

    1 year ago

    Rumor has it he and another Indy Pitcher had an altercation in the clubhouse, which caused him to be released.

    Reply
  5. spudchukar

    1 year ago

    I am old
    Not very good with the internet. This site has gone south. Please enlighten me. I do know Baseball!

    Reply
    • YourDreamGM

      1 year ago

      Old. Not good with the internet. Believes they know baseball. You will fit in here perfect with my close pirate friends.

      Site seems as good as ever to me. You might want to ditch the ads as others have mentioned they are too annoying.

      … 1st part was me just jabbing with my friends.

      1
      Reply
      • TheMan 3

        1 year ago

        who knew that you had friends?
        ( kidding)

        1
        Reply
  6. gotigers68

    1 year ago

    He had some success in Detroit. We’ll take him back….

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    • TroyVan

      1 year ago

      That’s what I believe. Chris Fetter is amazing. Is there a better pitching coach in baseball? He is the epitome of a top pitching coach.

      Reply
  7. آلي مكبيل_.._.بيتزا بيبيروني آشتون كوتشر

    1 year ago

    Pirates AAA pitching has been meh this year.

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  8. mlb1225

    1 year ago

    Pirates just promoted Braxton Ashcraft to Triple-A and this seems like the roster move for that. He’s done great at Double-A and is now starting to get really stretched out. Went 7 innings and threw 90+ pitches last time out. That’s great for him because there was real concern he wouldn’t have the stamina to remain as a starter. The Pirates were pretty careful with his workload last year and late April this year was the first time he ptiched 5+ innings since 2019.

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    • آلي مكبيل_.._.بيتزا بيبيروني آشتون كوتشر

      1 year ago

      The Pirates are a little slow on promoting their talent. It’s nice to see Ashcraft get promoted, but guys like Charles Mcadoo, I’m not sure why they aren’t challenging them at the next level.

      Reply
  9. Phlem Johnson

    1 year ago

    Stick a fork in him

    Reply
  10. Dumpster Divin Theo

    1 year ago

    Peralta has had a good career. Not the most lively stuff, but he’s wily in the way he approaches hitters, picking around the edges. Unfortunately the great lengths he goes to retire his adversary more often ends up in naught: setting up an anvil over some birdseed or an Acme explosive that does not go off as timed.

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    • whyhayzee

      1 year ago

      Beep-beep.

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      Reply
  11. TroyVan

    1 year ago

    He can always come back to Motown. It’s a haven for pitchers who need to get their careers back on track.

    Get better with Fetter. (It’s a real thing!)

    Reply
  12. 0523me

    1 year ago

    Back to the crew on a minors deal. With the amount of injuries to the staff this year, he has a legit shot at pitching in the bigs again with the Brewers, even if he’s mediocre at best.

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