2025 Player Outlook
Despite a reduction in his ground ball rate last season, his home run issue remained stable, and he posted his second straight season with 30+ starts and a sub-3.90 ERA. His 4.16 FIP was his highest in the last half-decade, and his 27.6 percent strikeout rate was the second-lowest of his career. Despite the drop in his strikeout rate, his O-Swing% and swinging strike rate remained on par with past years, and he still boasted a healthy 87th percentile whiff rate. Slowly but surely, he’s ramped up usage on his changeup, and it was a ground ball and swing-and-miss machine last year (61.2% GB%, 36.9% whiff rate). Peralta is a tried-and-true fantasy starter and is more than capable of being your SP2 this season. If you attack starting pitching early, and Peralta is your team’s SP3, you’ll be in a great spot for 2025, as Peralta will give you solid numbers across the board, and his WHIP will drop below 1.20 if he can shave a few percentage points off his walk rate.
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Freddy Peralta struck out five over five scoreless innings to get a win Friday over the Athletics.
Freddy Peralta pitched decently in a no-decision against the Diamondbacks on Sunday, allowing two runs on four hits over his 5 1/3 innings of work.
The 28-year-old hurler racked up six strikeouts on the afternoon but also issued four free passes. He kept the Diamondbacks off the board until the fifth inning where a run scampered home with two outs on a wild pitch. Peralta then returned for the sixth and loaded the bases with one out before exiting, and one of those runners ultimately scored as well. He got 16 swings and misses on 104 pitches on the day, registering a CSW of 28 percent. He’ll look to get back in the win column as he carries a 2.31 ERA, 0.90 WHIP and a 28/8 K/BB ratio (23 1/3 innings) into Saturday’s matchup against the Athletics.
Freddy Peralta earned his first victory of the 2025 season on Tuesday night, limiting the Rockies to just one run on three hits over his five innings of work.
The hard-throwing right-hander struck out six on the night while issuing three walks. The lone tally against him came on a solo homer off the bat of Brenton Doyle in the third inning. Peralta got 14 swings and misses on 83 pitches on the night — eight of them on his fastball which averaged 94.8 mph and touched 98.8 mph — while posting a CSW of 27 percent. He has been brilliant through his first three starts on the season, compiling a 2.00 ERA, 0.72 WHIP and a 22/4 K/BB ratio across 18 innings. He’ll see if he can carry over that strong start when he does battle against the Diamondbacks in Arizona on Sunday.
Freddy Peralta held the Royals to just one run Wednesday over eight innings, but he didn’t factor into the decision.
Peralta and Cole Ragans gave baseball fans one of the best pitching duels of the season Wednesday, and unfortunately that means neither gets a win. Peralta allowed an RBI single in the second to Cavan Biggio, but from that point on he was outstanding; forcing 19 swings and misses while striking out eight with no walks. Peralta has been excellent in both starts this year and now has a 2.08 ERA over those two outings, but zero wins to show for it. Fair sport. He gets the Rockies next week.
DFS Last 5
Date | Opponent | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 19th | Athletics | 20.5 |
| Apr 13th | @Diamondbacks | 14.6 |
| Apr 9th | @Rockies | 21.7 |
| Apr 2nd | Royals | 30.8 |
| Mar 27th | @Yankees | 20.3 |
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