Freddy Peralta wasn’t the only NY Mets player whose trade value tanked in loss to Blue Jays

Freddy Peralta now has a 4.81 ERA on the year after a 4 inning, 5 earned run performance against the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday. His trade value has been sinking. After 5.2 innings of 0 earned runs against the Chicago Cubs, he’s back near the 4.83 it was after the Philadelphia Phillies annihilated him on June 20th with a 15-3 win over the New York Mets.

The latest crushing blow to Peralta’s trade value pushes some of the same questions we had about him a week and a half ago. While the Blue Jays manhandled him, they did the same to another Mets trade candidate, Cionel Perez.

Perez went into the game with a 3.45 ERA and only 1 walk in 15.2 innings with the Mets. The 4 earned runs he gave up in 1.1 innings of work lifted it up to 5.29. A minor league signing by the Mets after he was released earlier this year, they were getting some excellent performances from until recently. Perez has gone from a possible trade chip they might be able to turn into a minor league flier into someone who could get banished from the roster altogether.

Cionel Perez has gone from minor Mets trade candidate to someone other teams will probably just wait to see get released

Perez’s other only true blow-up came in the same game when Peralta was shoved in a locker by the Phillies. He allowed 3 earned runs in 2 innings then. Used as the team’s opener against the Phillies on June 28th, he was much more successful with a 9-pitch inning that included a pair of strikeouts.

An excellent ground ball pitcher for much of his career, he has curiously given up 4 home runs with the Mets already. Added with the pair surrendered with the Washington Nationals, Perez seemingly mastered his control while exchanging it for the far worse outcome: a trip around the bases for the hitter.

The Mets shouldn’t have ever expected much for Perez in a trade. And with fellow lefties Brooks Raley and A.J. Minter as more proven southpaws on expiring contracts, they’ll have plenty of conversations already with other ball clubs in need of a left-handed bullpen arm. Consider Perez as someone’s Plan-C or D.

A well-structured Mets roster wouldn’t have much of a need for Perez to remain. The Mets are anything but well-built with players out of position and pitchers hanging around in undefined and constantly changing roles.

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