Angels Sammy Peralta Agree To Minor League Dea

The Angels have agreed to a minor league contract with left-handed reliever , . Hed been pitching with El Aguila de Veracruz in the Mexican League and will head to Triple-A Salt Lake for the time being. Hes represented by Premier Talent Sports & Entertainment. Peralta, 27, has spent the majority of his career in the White Sox system. He reached the majors in both 2023 and 2024, logging a combined 35 innings of 4.37 ERA ball with a 17.9% strikeout rate, 11.1% walk rate and 41.7% ground-ball rate. The soft-to sing southpaw has averaged just 89.3 mph on his four-seamer in the majors and complements that pitch with a slider sitting just north of 78 mph and a changeup that averages just under 82 mph. Peralta opened the 2025 season with a strong showing in an intensely hitter-friendly setting in Mexico interestingly doing so as a starting pitcher. The 62 lefty has spent nearly his entire profe sional career as a reliever but started four Jonathan Papelbon Jersey games with Veracruz and notched a 2.53 ERA with a 22-to-2 K/BB ratio in 21 1/3 innings (26.5 K%, 2.4 BB%). All 25 of Peraltas major league appearances have been relief outings, and only nine of his 150 minor league games have been starts. Hed never pitched more than four innings in a single profe sional appearance prior to signing in Mexico. Its not yet clear which role Peralta will hold with the Halos. Im told he stretched out in Mexico not nece sarily due to a preference to move to a starting role but just to expand his versatility. Angels starters rank 19th in the majors with a 3.99 ERA, though both (4.71 ERA) and (5.32 ERA) have struggled in nine starts apiece. The Angels bullpen is dead last in the majors with a 6.82 ERA, and they recently lost to season-ending shoulder surgery. Peralta posted a 4.44 ERA in 50 2/3 relief innings at the Triple-A level in 2025 and carries a career 4.80 earned run average, 21.1% strikeout rate and 8.8% walk rate in 125 2/3 innings at the top minor league level. Mackenzie Gore Jersey