St. Louis Cardinals acquire Luis Peralta

 

The St. Louis Cardinals have claimed LHP Luis Peralta off of waivers from the Colorado Rockies. Peralta, 25, is currently 0-2 with a 17.18 ERA, 6 games, 7.1 innings, 1 hold, 14 strikeouts, 13 walks, and a whip of 3.14 with Triple-A Albuquerque in 2026. 

In 2025, Peralta was 1-3 with a 9.47 ERA, 22 games, 1 hold, 19 innings, 16 strikeouts, 18 walks, and a whip of 2.32. The wins, games, innings, and strikeouts were all career highs for Peralta. 

Peralta had a career high (2) holds in 2024.

Overall, in the MLB, Peralta has played 2 MLB seasons. Peralta is 1-3 with a 6.03 ERA, 37 games, 3 holds, 31.1 innings, 30 strikeouts. 23 walks, and a whip of 1.79. 

In the minors, Peralta is currently in his 8th seasons. Peralta is 13-25 with a 4.95 ERA, 156 games, 45 starts, 12 holds, 8 saves, 320 innings, 436 strikeouts, 201 walks, and a whip of 1.52.

The Cardinals have assigned Peralta to Triple-A Memphis. The Cardinals 40-man roster now stands at 40.

In Peralta the Cardinals pick up a left-handed option for the bullpen. The Cardinals left-handed options took a hit when Packy Naughton got injured a few weeks back. 

Peralta is an interesting pick up if he can improve on a few things. His velocity is down a tiny bit (93.5 mile per hour). Back in 2024, Peralta's fastball was 95 miles per hour.

Peralta is the younger brother of New York Mets starting pitcher Freddy Peralta. 

St. Louis Cardinals trade Nick Raquet

 

The St. Louis Cardinals have traded LHP Nick Raquet to the Baltimore Orioles for outfielder/second baseman Brayden Smith. Raquet, 30, was 0-0 with 2 games, 2 innings, 1 strikeout, 1 walk, and a whip of 0.50 in 2025. Raquet made his MLB debut on September 8, 2025, at T-Mobile Park against the Seattle Mariners. 

In Triple-A Memphis, Raquet is currently 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA, 2 games, 3 innings, 1 hold, 3 strikeouts, 0 walks, and whip of 1.00 in 2026. 

Overall, Raquet is currently in his 6th minor league season. Raquet is 36-33 with a 3.69 ERA, 137 games, 67 starts, 4 complete games, 1 shutout, 11 holds, 8 saves, 446 innings, 374 strikeouts, 139 walks, and a whip of 1.36.

Smith, 22, currently has 1 run with 1 stolen base, and 1 walk with High-A Frederick in 2026.

In 2025, Smith hit .200 with 7 runs, 11 hits, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run, 9 RBI's, 3 stolen bases, and 12 walks with Single-A Delmarva.

Overall, Smith is currently in his 2nd minor league season. Smith has played 17 games with 8 runs, 11 hits, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run, 9 RBI's, 4 stolen bases, 13 walks, and a .190 batting average.

Smith was drafted by the Orioles out of Oklahoma State in the 13th round of the 2025 MLB Draft.

The Cardinals had designated Raquet for assignment on April 5, 2026.