For the first time since 2018, the Milwaukee Brewers will play baseball in 2026 without Freddy Peralta being a part of their Major League roster. Of course, Peralta did not start the 2018 season with the Brewers either, but was called up in May of that year to make his Major League debut.
After eight Major League seasons with Milwaukee, Peralta was traded by the Brewers to the New York Mets for infielder Jett Williams and right-handed pitcher Brandon Sproat. Both are still considered prospects, and both are already considered two of Milwaukee’s top-five minor leaguers. Sproat is the highest ranked pitching prospect in the Brewers’ system.
Peralta, of course, was Milwaukee’s ace in each of the past two seasons. Without him, the Brewers have to figure out who will lead their staff in addition to deciding which five pitchers will be their regular starters.
Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Brandon Sproat is not trying to be Freddy Peralta
In addition to losing Peralta, Milwaukee did not bring back Jose Quintana, who was an important part of their starting rotation last season. As such, the Brewers need to figure out which other pitchers will join Brandon Woodruff, Quinn Priester, and Jacob Misiorowski in the five-man rotation.
Sproat is just one of the many young additions to the organization’s pitching depth. However, he has already made his Major League debut, and is a prime candidate to find himself on the Opening Day roster.
And if that does happen, he is not going to try and be another Peralta. Rather, he wants to be the best version of himself:
“Peralta is a great pitcher. And I’ve heard he’s even better dude. I’m not coming here to fill shoes. I’m just coming here to be Brandon Sproat and be myself. That’s literally what Murph told me to do when I came here. That’s what I’m going to do, that’s what’s going to give me my best shot.”
In four starts with the New York Mets last season, Sproat was 0-2 with a 4.79 ERA. In 26 games (25 starts) for Triple-A, he was 8-6 with a 4.61 ERA.
And while these numbers may not jump off the page, it is worth noting that they are better than those of Priester before he was traded to Milwaukee last year. If the famed Brewers pitching lab can work its magic with Sproat, he has an excellent chance to be a real difference-maker for the team.
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