AP Joel Peralta will be staying in Tampa Bay, as the free agent reliever and the Rays have agreed to a two-year, $6 million contract with a team option for 2015.
Peralta signed with the Rays in 2011 after the Nationals cut him loose despite excellent numbers the previous season and has logged 135 innings with a 3.27 ERA and 145/35 K/BB ratio in two seasons for Tampa Bay. During that time he’s been a bargain at a combined cost of $3.1 million.
Giving a multi-year deal to a 37-year-old is definitely a risk, but the price is certainly right and Peralta is coming off a season in which he posted by far the best strikeout rate of his career at 11.3 per nine innings and he was exceptional in the second half.
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- raysfan1 - Nov 5, 2012 at 1:21 PM
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No move is without risk. I like this one.
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- indaburg - Nov 5, 2012 at 2:27 PM
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That happy yelp you just heard was me. I am very pleased with this move. I hope we can keep Keppinger too.
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- raysfan1 - Nov 5, 2012 at 9:41 PM
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Agreed
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- dcfan4life - Nov 5, 2012 at 8:27 PM
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Any pine tar clause in this contract?
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- stex52 - Nov 5, 2012 at 2:06 PM
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Looks reasonable to me. Relievers seem to be able to hang in their longer. I guess it’s the shorter work on a per day basis.
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- Detroit Michael - Nov 5, 2012 at 2:13 PM
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Congratulations to Peralta. It’s been a slow climb, but his career earnings are probably getting close to the “doesn’t have to work for the rest of his life after he retires from baseball” level.
