The Pirates announced the acquisition of lefty reliever Jalen Beeks from the Rockies for minor league reliever Luis Peralta. Pittsburgh had an open spot on their 40-man roster after this afternoon’s trade with the Red Sox.
Colorado claimed Beeks off waivers from the Rays over the winter. Tampa Bay was evidently not planning to tender him a contract for his final season of arbitration. Rather than allow him to hit the market, Colorado took a flier and agreed to a modest $1.675MM salary. Beeks has had a generally productive season. He’s second on the Rox with 49 1/3 innings out of the bullpen and has pitched in their highest-leverage spots overall.
Beeks has worked to a 4.74 ERA in 45 appearances. He’s carrying a career-low 18% strikeout rate and 9.2% swinging strike percentage. Beeks has a league average 8.5% walk percentage and 44.7% grounder rate. He somewhat bizarrely had far more success at Coors Field than he did on the road for the Rox.
A former 12th round pick of the Red Sox, Beeks had a solid run as a long reliever for Tampa Bay between 2019-22. He combined for a 3.70 ERA with average strikeout and walk numbers in 184 2/3 frames over that stretch. Beeks allowed nearly six earned runs per nine last season, though, leading the Rays to move on.
Pittsburgh plugs him behind Aroldis Chapman as the second lefty in Derek Shelton’s bullpen. They’re assuming roughly $500K in salary for the stretch run. Beeks will surpass the six-year service threshold in September and hit free agency at the beginning of the offseason. Colorado didn’t have much incentive to keep him, so they’ll cash him in for an intriguing bullpen prospect.
Peralta, 23, is the younger brother of Brewers staff ace Freddy Peralta. The 5’11” southpaw signed with Pittsburgh out of the Dominican Republic in 2017. Peralta has divided his season between High-A and Double-A, turning in a 0.91 ERA over 39 2/3 innings. He’s striking out an eye-opening 41% of batters faced against an elevated 11.5% walk rate. Baseball America had Peralta as the #24 prospect in the Pittsburgh system, writing that he relies heavily on a mid-90s fastball with good life at the top of the strike zone. He’d be eligible for the Rule 5 draft this winter if Colorado doesn’t select him onto the 40-man roster.
MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand first reported the terms of the deal. Image courtesy of USA Today Sports.
Big move to prop up the offense?
Nope.
Crappy reliever that fizzled out on the Rockies
Beeks is pretty solid. Miscast as a closer but solid lefty and he gets outs, basically one of only two Rockies relievers who can. He’s far better than Nick Mears, who went yesterday.
Nothing screams solid like a 5 ERA & 18% K rate
But ya he’ll be the lefty after they dump Chapman for another minor leaguer
Beeks is a shell of his former self after two TJs
Rockies enhanced their reputation as stupidest franchise, only making one trade and letting several walk at end of year, getting nothing back yet again.
I thought he was the cousin of Jar Jar Binks, but the only menace is his deceptively high 3/4 arm slot.
Yep
Just a replacement for Priester. Don’t read more into this move
Let be guess for Skenes in this market.
Peralta looked great in Greensboro. Future star.
Wow, so tough being a pirates fan. Tonight jazz has homered and winkler has been on base twice. Wasting a Paul Skeens start. Through 5 an opener situation has perfect game going with Taylor and Bae in center and left
skenes struggling in the 5th so far to make it worse
6IP 1ER 6K over 5H 3BBs
Probably the worst outing i’ve seen him have and was really what 2 innings that were rough? I’ll take that..
Now if the pirates could just score a few…
he always seems to get out of impossible jams without any runs given up
hes incredible
This might be the only trade the Rockies have ever won.
The Rockies nearly always do well in trades. They just never make them.
Palacios is not a lead off hitter and he shouldn’t have even been in the game. I get that Shelton wanted to shake up the lineup but he isn’t a prototype every day player
They never take advantage of Bae’s speed which would have made him a better choice for lead off
But both are injured and it seems Bae has been injury prone this year.
If both he and Palacios go on the IL, Ben will be under pressure to fill 2 outfield positions before 6 pm tomorrow
Whos even left to trade for?
okay, okay nice work pirates
now we need a hitter
Good move for the Rockies. Beeks hasn’t been pitching that well lately. Beeks has a 7.62 ERA in June and a 6.23 ERA in July.
beeks has decent numbers in a extreme hitters ballpark
i like this for both
Yeah good luck with that. Beeks sucks.
hiflew – Anybody that Dombrowski trades usually does.
7..06 ERA since 5/31.
And that doesn’t even include the inherited runners he allowed to score.
his Peripherals has been on a fast decline since last year, may be becuase of coors, but now im starting to dislike this more and more. peralta seems like a really nice prospect. as i pirates fan, i sure hope its becuase of coors and turns it around
It’s not because of Coors. He has been awful regardless of the stadium. There is a reason the Rockies got him on the waiver wire in the offseason. The only time he has been good is against lefties. But if he is going to turn it around, Pittsburgh is not a bad place to try. If Pitt tries to make he a late inning guy, they will fail. But if they make him a modern LOOGY, it could work out well. Good luck to you guys.
Beeks was also one of the Rays who refused to wear their pride night unis. Good riddance
Good for him. No liberalism and homosexuality is good for the soul.
Bet Chapman goes! Any takers?
seems likely
Why @energel? They ended up getting Bleeks with an annual salary of $1.75m and if they remove Chapman with his $10m salary, they have room to add a player.
Must be left handed replacement for Chapman. White towel being waived
I’d think it’s more a LH replacement/placeholder for Borucki.. I’m a bit annoyed Beeks cost Peralta, but it’s not a completely irresponsible move by Cherington if he’s really thinking Bucs are contending. A second LHP in pen is very useful. That said, once Falter returns either Perez or Gonzalez goes to pen, so there’d be 3 lefties. And once Jones returns, four. So Beeks would seem to be a very short term plug.
Peralta probably could have played this year in the majors.
Pirates overpaid for this guy , giving up a decent prospect.
Waving white flag on Peralta. If you thought you could finish developing him and planned to add him to 40 man you don’t make this trade. We will find out in a year or 2 how smart they are.
I bet they move Chapman now! This wasn’t about improving it was about Chapman making 10m
You’re 100 percent correct. They could have been proactive and possibly got a bat last week and would have had at least one more win
They could easily be 5-10 games better than they’re in the standings right now but Cherington did nothing to help this pitching!
Won’t surprise me. Better add another reliever though. I can live with a 2 for 1. This guy ain’t Chapman level.
No, better to add weak hitting middle infielders. Can never have enough of them
I don’t see them trading Chapman especially because Bednar hasn’t been lights out in save situations this year
So a couple of weeks after dumping Bunson Honeydew (Brent Honeywell), the Pirates trade for Beaker (Jalen Beeks)?
What a bunch of Muppets.
Vander Beeks
I will say this no numbers look good from Colorado pitchers!
Holding out hope he does by tomorrow but if it doesn’t happen it’s not his fault. Budget Bob won’t take on any additional pay roll. Starting to think they won’t sign their first rounder as well
Wow!!!
Precursor to a trade coming tomorrow? Maybe Chapman……….tough being a pirate fan.
Looks like the Pirates are trying to beat the Duke Brothers to next seasons orange crop report.
I hope his granddad Clarence is doing okay after that incident with the ape.
“Mortimer your brother’s not well. We’d better call an ambulance”
“F—k him!”
must be another relief move being made, best i can figured off the top of my head
Yeah they will probably trade Chapman. Ben will claim some crap that his salary prevented them from acquiring anyone and will grab a random outfielder tomorrow if we’re lucky. Pillar or De La Cruz.
Doesn’t mean anything. They needed another lefty so could just be that.
fedde to the cards, montas to the brew crew, parades to the cubs, but beeks to pirates is most definatley the best of em all!!!!!!!
No longer pitching on the moon is a good thing.
PIrates make another Blockbuster Trade!
Fans storm the Alcoa Center with rampant expressions of Glee !
Fair win now trade. Peralta could be a good one. Needs to improve his command but the slider is there and quality. Fastball is ready. At worst he is a lefty specialist. Beeks already is that lefty specialist and can do better with RHB with a change of mix and scenery. For the prices relievers are getting this isn’t a bad deal.
Abject joke of a franchise. It’s almost funny at this point
it’s been funny for a while, Tired. Cherington has had all year to make a trade to improve this offense and instead with 16 hours now left before the deadline, fans are on pins and needles wondering what happens, if anything
More to come, no thanks. That’s all I need to hear. Offense struggling for months with a playoff pitching staff and this is what Ben can get for the team? Market drying out now. Should be ashamed of himself.
Rengifo Ward Cruz Siri Pillar Canha. Still some options. Won’t name the fantasy options. It’s getting low though.
And again, none of these guys move the needle.
None of them
More scrap.
There are only two certainties in this life: Jail and beaks
Actually if you’re a Pirate fan, the certainties are death and disappointment
PIrates love their soft-tossing lefties who ptich to contact. Probably will do better outside of Coors and with the Pirates’ pitching coaching too. But I hate giving up Peralta for him. He’s looked great this year and Beeks is only a rental.
Solid add to sure up the bullpen depth after Fleming elected free-agency. Beeks is better than Fleming and they needed a consistent, solid lefty with Borucki looking to be out longer than we all had hoped.
Not a huge needle mover, but a move that was needed. Solid baseball trade when you’re trying to compete.
why not trade for will smith from the royals
everywhere he goes his team makes the world series
he must have some good karma
Soler traded. 13m 2025 13m 2026 didn’t make cents for Nutting
Come on, Dream
Admit you had a good, hard laugh about their deadline deals
I almost expect them to bring back Rich Hill tomorrow. Hey, why not? Cherington will tell us it’s their commitment to winning
Pathetic owner and a GM who has no clue about what to do with this crew. Has some pieces in place, knows he needs hitters….and goes for another middle infielder and reliever.
They have to be laughing on the north shore, no? This has to be a joke
Deadline isn’t over. See what they do. It’s a weird deadline. Rays just gave 300 something average Rosario to LA for free. No one wanted him? Maybe to repay LA for their generosity of giving the Cards a good starter for this year and next and good outfielder for completely free. Yet most trades have been massive over pays. Brewers got a #4 starter just by taking on salary. Everyone is getting better but the Pirates.
Shouldn’t matter to you. You keep saying good players won’t make a difference. Poor Paul though must be devastated. Got his vip membership. All ready to get Winker and win division.
Pirates player development is awful. Maybe position player scouting as well. Mariners keep making trades and like everyone has a outfielder taken in the 6th round that’s a better outfield prospect that we have had since Meadows.
Sellers are loading up farm systems. Unreal the talent going out. It really is a good deadline for Cherington to sit out.
I have trashed Pirates development. It’s worse than I thought. Will now throw scouting under the bus as well. They can’t find 1 hidden gm thats so good that their awful development can’t fail to develop?
Prices should come down tomorrow. Everyones traded so many prospects they can’t afford to trade much more. There are still 40 quality players that should be dealt. Not all will but 20 to 30 could. See what Ben does. Hate to destroy the guy but Seattle Baltimore are just so so good and the Pirates have to be too. Ben can’t even develop elite top of the 1st round hitters and Seattle is pulling them in the 6th round.
Good players CAN make a difference. You keep missing the point that here, they need more than just GOOD players. It won’t move the needle to truly augment their core to a point where they are real contenders
No. All it will do will be to keep them around .500 or a couple games above. In your way of thinking, that’s fine. Playoffs. Anyone has a chance
Me, I think of the great Pirates teams of the Hurdle and Leyland eras. No, they didn’t win it all but they were among the best and their GMs were proactive in addressing needs
Nutting is one thing. Might as well be a politician with his comments. A scumbag who wants to bathe in cash. A profiteer. Nothing more
But Cherington is the worst GM they’ve had in some time. Yes, bad scouting department and worse player development, but I have to wonder if they even watch games. It’s a joke. A sick joke on fans
Clarence Beeks fault. And the Dukes.
“It was the Dukes! It was the Dukes!”
And then Clarence went on to manage Saturday morning breakfast detention at a generic north shore high school. Think they called it le club brunch. Until the kids outfoxed him and ran amuck in the hallways. What a decade! He was a bad man, would have caught Ferris if the tables were turned and Rooney left to cover detention
We need hitters . Why is front office wasting time on these minor moves?
no. what are you talking about. Beeks is the piece we have been needing all this time. Beeks will hold up the world series trophy pirates fans have been wanting since 79
Now why had the Pirates given up on Peralta?