Freddy Peralta has always been an above-average arm in the Brewers rotation, finishing with an ERA+ above 110 (or 10% above league average) each year from 2020-2023, including a career-high 147 ERA+ in 2021, when he was also selected as an All Star.
While Peralta hasn’t repeated that performance in the last two seasons, 2023 was one of the best seasons of his career, as he started a career-high 30 games and struck out 210 batters in 165 2⁄3 innings, both of which also set new career-high marks. He also walked batters at the lowest rate in his career (7.