MLB Trade Rumors: White Sox Land Freddy Peralta In Proposed Deal

It's been a rough go of late for New York Mets' starter Freddy Peralta. He was brought in this season to be the team's new ace, but a 6.96 ERA over his last seven starts has left him with a 4.66 ERA overall, and a big disappointment in his contract year. 

He was expecting a huge payday in free agency this winter, and declined the Mets' early-season extension offers. Now, he'll likely find himself in another uniform in three weeks, as the trade deadline hits on Aug. 3rd. He does have enough of a resume that teams will take a chance that he can recapture his ace status down the stretch in a new location. 

The Chicago White Sox are in dire need of bolstering their starting rotation for the stretch run. They are shockingly not only in the playoff race, but are actually in a virtual tie atop the AL Central Division. They'll look to add some pitching, but won't sacrifice true bonafide future assets to do it.

Kerry Miller of Bleacher Report has proposed a trade that would send Peralta to the South Side. Bringing in a distressed trade asset like that would represent the White Sox going "in", but not "all in."

Chicago White Sox acquire:

• RHP Freddy Peralta

New York Mets acquire:

• RHP Mason Adams (White Sox No. 10 prospect)
• IF Javier Mogollon  (#11 prospect)
• LHP Shane Murphy (#25)
• 1B Anthony DePino (#28)

For the ChiSox, they would take a gamble that Peralta returns to being Fastball Freddy and can head up their young and inexperienced rotation. For Chicago to have any chance at all to win a playoff series, they'll need to find a true No. 1. 

In return, in this hypothetical scenario, the Pale Hose would part with four prospects from their top 30, but only one of them scratches the top 10. 

As Miller puts it, "While the ahead-of-schedule White Sox will be more reluctant than most to part with one of their upper-echelon prospects, they would probably be willing to give up a platter of lottery tickets for a Peralta rental."

From our standpoint, it feels that with Peralta's value so low right now, they probably wouldn't even have to give that many assets to get him. It really depends on who else is in on the Mets pitcher, and how much they believe a change of scenery will turn him around.