Brewers rumors: Freddy Peralta wasn’t only Brewers pitcher Mets wanted this offseason

The Milwaukee Brewers' blockbuster trade with the New York Mets was the defining move of the Crew's offseason, though it apparently wasn't the only deal the front office discussed with David Stearns.

According to Will Sammon of The Athletic, the Mets made repeated overtures to try and pry a few valuable pitchers loose from Milwaukee, though they were rebuffed until they finally landed Freddy Peralta.

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"Prospect Carson Benge was never seriously on the table. A package of Williams and prospect Jonah Tong was never presented either," Sammon wrote, before further revealing that "the Mets held interest in Brewers relievers Abner Uribe and Trevor Megill in separate deals, but the pitchers were never discussed as a package with Peralta, people familiar with the clubs’ negotiations said."

The Mets' desire to add to their bullpen this offseason was no secret, and that want became a glaring need once Edwin Díaz took a record-breaking contract from the Los Angeles Dodgers. They wound up adding Tobias Meyers via that Peralta trade, as well as relievers Luis Garcia and Luke Weaver via free agency.

Of course, their most notable bullpen-related move was signing former Brewers closer Devin Williams to a three-year contract, ironically tying Williams to the team that ended his career with the Crew back in the 2024 playoffs.

As for the Brewers' end of things, it makes all the sense in the world that they wouldn't budge on any Uribe trade offers. The 25-year-old flamethrower finally graduated into his destined closer role at the end of the 2025 regular season, pitching to a 1.67 ERA and 2.75 FIP over 75 1/3 innings while locking down seven saves. Given his youth, overpowering stuff, and five years of remaining team control, it would have been blasphemous for the front office to move him now. Perhaps the Mets can call back in 2030 when he's on the cusp of free agency.

Megill is a less-obvious case, as the 32-year-old closer has just two years of control remaining before he hits free agency. Still, he's secured 51 saves over the past two seasons while accruing 2.6 fWAR, making him a wildly valuable arm at the back-end of the Brewers bullpen. His production wouldn't have been easy to replace.

The offseason isn't over yet, of course, and the Mets could always return with a king's ransom type of offer for one or both relievers. But with Peralta in New York, it appears the trade winds have died down for now.