SF Giants and Dodgers among the interested teams for two-time NL All-Star pitcher

The SF Giants have seemingly rounded out the rotation with the additions of Adrian Houser and Tyler Mahle, but they could be looking to make one more move. Jon Heyman of The New York Post reports that the Milwaukee Brewers continue to field offers for two-time NL All-Star Freddy Peralta, with the Giants listed as among the interested teams.

SF Giants and Dodgers among the interested teams for two-time NL All-Star pitcher

In 2020, Peralta signed a five-year, $15.5 million deal. This included a pair of club options for $8 million apiece. The Brewers exercised both of the club options, but now Peralta is entering the final year of a deal that has been one of the best bargains in baseball.

Milwaukee operates like many small market clubs in that they do not often let players reach free agency. More often than not, their trade assets are moved with at least one year of team control remaining. This is to net a larger return than the compensatory pick they would normally receive when a player rejects a qualifying offer and signs elsewhere.

It is an endless cycle of finding talent and replacing that talent through trades and the draft. For what it is worth, the Brewers are quite good at this process.

They do not need to move Peralta this offseason, but it would fit with how they have operated. Not surprisingly, the eight-year veteran would be a popular player on the trade market. Along with the Giants, Jon Heyman lists the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, New York Mets, and Atlanta Braves as potential suitors.

That would seemingly raise the asking price, as the Giants would not only need to put together a competitive offer for one year of team control for Peralta, but they would need to be the best fit for what the Brewers want in a trade.

The current iteration of the Giants' rotation includes Logan Webb, Robbie Ray, Landen Roupp, Adrian Houser, and Tyler Mahle. If they added a pitcher of Peralta's caliber, it would bump one of those names out of the rotation.

Peralta would also raise the ceiling of that unit. He is coming off a strong season, pitching to a 2.70 ERA in 33 starts while earning his second All-Star nod and finishing in fifth place for the NL Cy Young voting.