According to Hector Gomez, the Braves, Rays, and Brewers are eying Mets starting pitcher Freddy Peralta ahead of the trade deadline — with Gomez calling Milwaukee the top suitor as of now.

SOURCE: The #Brewers have emerge as the top suitor to get starting pitcher Freddy Peralta before the trade deadline.#Braves and #Rays are showing a lot of interest in him, too.@z101digital

— Héctor Gómez (@hgomez27) July 18, 2026

The Mets have already waved the white flag on the season, with reports indicating that essentially every player on their roster is available at the right price — Peralta being the most obvious trade candidate. He’s in the last year of his contract, and in a seller’s market where every competing team will be looking for starting pitching, he’ll have plenty of suitors.

Peralta is amid a career-worst season, carrying a 4.66 ERA over 104.1 innings. But there’s no denying the talent and upside, which was on full display a year ago when he posted a 2.70 ERA on his way to a fifth-place finish in the NL Cy Young race.

I’ve said it plenty already, and I’ll keep reiterating it until the deadline passes: I have real reservations about the Braves and Mets completing a trade of any significance. Since the two rivals joined the same division, they’ve completed only a handful of deals, and none involved an impact player anywhere near Peralta’s level. The Mets aren’t going to be eager to help the Braves accomplish anything — you’d have to think there’d be a significant tax Atlanta would have to pay to acquire anybody from New York.

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