David Stearns first brought Freddy Peralta to the Milwaukee Brewers as a teenager in a trade in 2015.
Now, he’s traded for the right-hander.
The New York Mets acquired Peralta from the Brewers along with right-hander Tobias Myers on Jan. 21 in exchange for prospects Jett Williams and Brandon Sproat. The final deal was first reported by ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The Journal Sentinel confirmed talks were in advanced stages.
Peralta, 29, is in the final year of his contract and is coming off an all-star campaign in which he went 17-6 with a 2.70 ERA. The Brewers have cautiously shopped Peralta all off-season, holding out for what they felt like was the proper return for a top-line starting pitcher.
Peralta has spent the entirety of his eight-year MLB career with Milwaukee, which acquired him on Dec. 9, 2015, from Seattle for Adam Lind in what was Stearns’ first big move as newly hired Brewers general manager.
He becomes the third big-name Brewers pitcher traded in the last three off-seasons, joining Corbin Burnes and Devin Williams.
Williams and Sproat are both considered top-100 prospects in baseball by most major prospect outlets.
This story will be updated with more information.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Brewers trade Freddy Peralta to Mets, reuniting him with David Stearns