Wandy Peralta

Wandy Peralta

32-Year-Old PitcherRP
 Free Agent  
Free Agent
Out
Injury Triceps
Est. Return 2/1/2024
2023 Fantasy Outlook
Peralta pitched 56.1 innings for the Yankees, his most in a season since 2017, and posted a personal best 2.72 ERA (2.86 FIP) and 1.05 WHIP. This lowered his career ratios to 4.07 and 1.38, respectively, to give you an idea of what his outputs were before his career year. The southpaw limited hard contact for the third consecutive sesaon, while inducing plenty of whiffs (92nd percentile) with his changeup and slider. However, Peralta's strikeout rate (21.1%) continues to fall below average and his ratios are likely to regress. Expect about 10-to-15 saves-plus-holds, but not much else. Read Past Outlooks
RANKSFrom Preseason
#600
ADP
$Signed a one-year, $3.35 million contract with the Yankees in January of 2023.
Lands on IL with strained triceps
PNew York Yankees  
Triceps
September 22, 2023
Peralta was placed on the 15-day injured list Friday, retroactive to Sept. 19, with a strained left triceps, Gary Phillips of the New York Daily News reports.
ANALYSIS
Peralta hadn't pitched in several days because of the injury and now it will put an end to his season. The left-handed reliever was wild for the Yankees this year in walking 30 over 54 frames, but he still posted a 2.83 ERA, struck out 51 and notched four saves. Peralta will be a free agent this offseason.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
14
Last 10 Games
12
Last 5 Games
18
How many pitches does Wandy Peralta generally throw?
 
1-10
 
11-20
 
21-30
 
31-40
 
41-50
 
51-60
 
61-70
 
71-80
 
81-90
 
91-100
 
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111-120
 
121+
 
1-10
 
11-20
 
21-30
 
31-40
 
41-50
 
51-60
 
61-70
 
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111-120
 
121+
 
1-10
 
11-20
 
21-30
 
31-40
 
41-50
 
51-60
 
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111-120
 
121+
What part of the game does Wandy Peralta generally pitch?
 
 
 
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2021
 
 
-26%
BAA vs LHP
2023
 
 
-40%
BAA vs LHP
2022
 
 
-35%
BAA vs LHP
2021
 
 
-3%
BAA vs LHP
BAA Batters K BB H 2B 3B HR
Since 2021vs Left .177 252 67 22 39 3 1 4
Since 2021vs Right .240 417 74 46 88 10 1 11
2023vs Left .138 97 24 10 11 0 0 2
2023vs Right .229 130 27 20 25 2 1 5
2022vs Left .155 77 24 4 11 1 0 1
2022vs Right .237 146 23 13 31 4 0 1
2021vs Left .246 78 19 8 17 2 1 1
2021vs Right .254 141 24 13 32 4 0 5
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2021
 
 
-3%
ERA at Home
2023
 
 
-71%
ERA on Road
2022
 
 
-70%
ERA at Home
2021
 
 
-1%
ERA at Home
ERA WHIP IP W L SV K/9 BB/9 HR/9
Since 2021Home 2.92 1.25 83.1 6 3 4 8.3 4.3 1.0
Since 2021Away 3.00 1.17 78.0 6 7 9 7.4 3.2 0.7
2023Home 4.44 1.63 26.1 2 1 2 9.6 6.5 2.1
2023Away 1.30 0.83 27.2 2 1 2 7.5 3.6 0.3
2022Home 1.38 0.83 32.2 2 1 2 8.0 3.0 0.3
2022Away 4.56 1.35 23.2 1 3 2 6.8 2.3 0.4
2021Home 3.33 1.40 24.1 2 1 0 7.4 3.7 0.7
2021Away 3.38 1.35 26.2 3 3 5 7.8 3.7 1.4
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Stat Review
How does Wandy Peralta compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • K/BB
    Strikeout to walk ratio.
  • K/9
    Average strikeouts per nine innings.
  • BB/9
    Average walks per nine innings.
  • HR/9
    Average home runs allowed per nine innings.
  • Fastball
    Average fastball velocity.
  • ERA
    Earned run average. The average earned runs allowed per nine innings.
  • WHIP
    Walks plus hits per inning pitched.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many balls in play against a pitcher go for hits.
  • GB/FB
    Groundball to flyball ratio. The higher the number, the more likely a pitcher is to induce groundballs.
  • Left On Base
    The percentage of base runners that a pitcher strands on base over the course of a season.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Barrels/BBE
    The percentage of batted ball events resulting in a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Spin Rate
    Spin Rate is the rate of spin on a baseball after it is released. It is measured in revolutions per minute (rpm).
  • Balls Hit 95+ MPH
    The percentage of batted balls hit that met or exceeded the 95 MPH threshold.
  • Swinging Strike
    The percentage of pitches that result in a swing and a miss.
K/BB
1.70
 
K/9
8.5
 
BB/9
5.0
 
HR/9
1.2
 
Fastball
95.9 mph
 
ERA
2.83
 
WHIP
1.22
 
BABIP
.223
 
GB/FB
2.26
 
Left On Base
83.6%
 
Exit Velocity
79.3 mph
 
Barrels/BBE
3.9%
 
Spin Rate
2197 rpm
 
Balls Hit 95+ MPH
21.8%
 
Swinging Strike
13.5%
 
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Peralta opened the 2021 season with the Giants, and even got some looks as the closer with the club before struggling his way to a 5.40 ERA across eight innings. After being dealt to the Yankees at the end of April, he maintained a 2.95 ERA and ended the campaign with 10 saves + holds-his highest total since 2017. Peralta significantly changed his pitch mix, emphasizing his changeup and sinker while diminishing his slider usage greatly. The result was a spike in his groundball rate to 57.9 percent. Peralta will need to continue to use that recipe to find success, as he has never surpassed a 12.5 K-BB% in his six-year career. Given the amount of contact and free passes he surrenders, Peralta isn't likely to ever see a significant number of saves and also won't strike out enough batters to generate any type of consistent fantasy value without a high-leverage role.
The Giants grabbed Peralta off waivers from the Reds in September of 2019 and Peralta went on to have the best year of his career by ERA and BAA in 2020. Peralta allowed a total of three barrels among 76 batted balls and an 85.6 mph average exit velocity, ranking in the top 10% of the league. Peralta can pump the fastball in to the mid-90s on average, but he does not throw the heater much at all -- the slider and the changeup accounted for two out of every three of his pitches last season. The junk-heavy approach has not led to many strikeouts (21.9 K% in 2020) and walks have held Peralta back throughout his career. Peralta looks like a nice find for San Francisco but not a difference-making find. Don't expect him to break out of the middle innings.
Peralta serves as a prime reminder that the ability to throw hard -- even as a southpaw -- is not a guaranteed recipe for success in the majors. The 28-year-old is armed with a fastball that clocks in at over 95 mph, but he has done little to impress in four big-league campaigns. Peralta doesn't strike out many hitters (18.6 K% last season), exacerbating the impact of serving up hard or medium contact on over 85% of the balls hit against him. Indeed, Peralta gave up an ugly 2.5 HR/9 in 2019, third-worst in the majors among relievers who pitched 30 or more innings. That led to a 6.09 ERA (6.95 FIP) in 39 appearances with the Reds, who placed him on waivers in September. Peralta did pitch better after being picked up by the Giants and was rewarded with a one-year contract for 2020. Pitching in a hitter-friendly park may lead to better numbers, but don't expect Peralta to be a fantasy asset anytime soon.
Peralta is on a trajectory to be out of the majors by the end of 2019. There's not a good predictive metric in his profile. His hard-hit rate has climbed from 23.1% in 2016, to 28.2% in 2017 and then all the way up to 34.4% last year. Opposing batters are swinging less often out of the zone against him and punishing him when he goes in the zone. He just has the profile of a pitcher whose stuff isn't good enough to beat hitters who aren't fooled by him. That's not meant to be the insult that it reads -- it happens to a lot of short relievers in the majors. Pitching is hard, and doing so effectively for an extended period of time is especially hard. Don't look for Peralta to be a source of holds in 2019, let alone a source of saves.
Over the first half of the season, Peralta had a 3.10 ERA, 24.5 strikeout percentage and a 26.0 percent hard hit rate. In the second half, his ERA spiked to 4.88, his strikeout rate plunged to 17.6 percent and his hard-hit rate jumped to 31.2 percent. Peralta's second-half decline mirrored that of the Reds' bullpen, which for two months was one of the better units in baseball, but collapsed under the historic burden placed upon it by the Reds' rickety rotation. When Peralta is going well, he throws off opposing hitters with a plus changeup and a slider that he started to throw more in 2017. With an offseason to rest and adjust, Peralta will likely bounce back and be a reliable lefty specialist, but short-inning relievers frequently burn bright and quickly, and the Reds won't provide too many leads to hold. You're better off looking elsewhere if you're trolling for holds or looking for closers-in-waiting.
Peralta entered 2016 as a fairly unheralded arm, but his performances at Double-A and Triple-A caught the attention of the Reds' brass and earned him a September promotion. While at Double-A Pensacola, the lefty had an impressive 20:3 K:BB in 17.2 innings before ultimately earning a bump up to the highest level of the minors. His control problems resurfaced at Triple-A, as his 5.9 K/9 and 3.6 BB/9 more closely resembled his career rates than his Double-A numbers did, but he was still able to get batters out and worked to a 2.33 ERA. The 25-year-old got shelled once he got called up for his first cup of coffee in the majors, particularly against right-handed hitters, as they hit .400 against the southpaw. He's on the 40-man roster and could get a look in spring training for a bullpen job, but there's little here to get excited about.
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Dealing with triceps issues
PNew York Yankees  
Triceps
September 20, 2023
Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Wednesday that Peralta is dealing with some "tricep stuff," Gary Phillips of the New York Daily News reports.
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Picks up 14th hold
PNew York Yankees  
July 27, 2023
Peralta earned a hold over the Mets on Wednesday with a perfect inning of work during which he struck out two batters.
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Earns four-out save
PNew York Yankees  
June 4, 2023
Peralta walked one batter over 1.1 scoreless frames and picked up a save over the Dodgers on Sunday.
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Deployed in eighth inning Friday
PNew York Yankees  
May 20, 2023
Peralta picked up a hold against Cincinnati on Friday, striking out two batters in a perfect inning.
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Serves up walkoff homer
PNew York Yankees  
May 18, 2023
Peralta (2-1) took the loss Wednesday as the Yankees were downed 3-0 by the Blue Jays, recording one out in the 10th inning and giving up three runs (one earned) on one hit.
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