MLB Trade Rumors: Freddy Peralta Heads To Blue Jays In Proposed Deadline Deal

This has not been the season that Freddy Peralta or the New York Mets hoped it would be. The Mets are one of the worst teams in baseball with no chance of a playoff run. Peralta is having a rough season in his contract year. A 4.68 ERA isn't what he had in mind to take to the free agent market. 

Nevertheless, there are reports that his trade market at the deadline could still be decent, per The Athletic's Will Sammon. 

Peralta, 30, set for free agency at the end of the season, stands out because of his track record and relatively modest salary (he is making $8 million this season). 

Multiple scouts and executives who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak freely on the topic said the Mets should end up doing fine on a return for Peralta.

Unfortunately, they won't be able to recoup the kind of prospect return that they sent to Milwaukee for him (Brandon Sproat and Jett Williams), but okay, nonetheless.

One team that could be desperate enough for a starting pitcher to make a good offer would be the Toronto Blue Jays. Kerry Miller of Bleacher Report has proposed the following deal to bring Fastball Freddy north of the border:

Toronto Blue Jays acquire:

•  RHP Freddy Peralta

New York Mets acquire:

• RHP Jake Bloss (Jays #8 prospect)
• OF RJ Schreck (Jays #9 prospect)

The Blue Jays recent horrendous skid has them 3.5 games out of a Wild Card spot going into Tuesday's play, and what's more, it's their dreadful offense that's the real culprit. But their starting staff has been riddled with injuries, and even since Max Scherzer and Shane Bieber have returned, they haven't exactly restored the team's confidence. 

So Peralta is a target, and in return, they would send two lower Top 10 prospects in this proposed deal. Bloss, 25, is a right-hander who's currently been getting roughed up in the high minors. Schreck, also 25, is an outfielder at Triple-A Buffalo, and has seven homers and a .380 OBP with a .784 OPS. 

It's hypothetical, but it's probably along the lines of the sort of return that the Mets can expect to get for Peralta. But if we were running the Jays, we might be searching for an impact bat of some kind at the deadline. Their moribund offense ranks about 22nd in OPS+ in the majors. They just recently broke a 29 2/3 inning scoreless streak—just three frames shy of the franchise-worst mark of 32 consecutive scoreless innings set in May 1981. 1 9 8 1 !!