If I asked you who was the Yankees’ best reliever in terms of ERA in the month of August, who would you guess? Jonathan Loáisiga? Chad Green? No and no.
It’s nobody other than Wandy Peralta. In 11.2 innings this month, he has yet to surrender an earned run or an extra base hit, and he’s recorded a 9:1 KK:BB ratio. Before that, Peralta had been pretty underwhelming for the Yankees and his August 5th return from the COVID-IL was met with essentially no fanfare whatsoever. However, this turnaround has lowered Peralta’s ERA to 3.62 on the season.