The Brewers have reshuffled their pitching plans for the upcoming series with the Mets, and the opener now comes with a familiar twist: Jacob Misiorowski will take the ball against Freddy Peralta on July 20.
That sets up a matchup of Milwaukee’s 2026 ace against its 2025 ace, with Peralta returning to Milwaukee for the first time since the offseason deal that sent him to New York. Misiorowski, meanwhile, is back on the mound for the first time since July 7 in St.
Louis. He had been lined up to pitch again on the final day before the all-star break, but the Brewers skipped him because of fatigue.
He still took part in the all-star game festivities in Philadelphia, though he was not on the active roster for the game.
Peralta’s return carries plenty of attention on its own. He was traded to the Mets after a strong 2025 season in Milwaukee, when he went 17-6 with a 2.70 ERA, his best year with the Brewers and his second all-star nod. With one year left on his contract, Milwaukee sent Peralta and Tobias Myers to New York in exchange for starter Brandon Sproat and minor-league infielder Jett Williams.
Sproat had originally been set to face Peralta in the opener, which would have added another layer to the series. Instead, the Brewers will go with Misiorowski, who broke through as a rookie last year on the same staff as Peralta.
Peralta has had a rougher run with the Mets this season, going 5-8 with a 4.66 ERA in 20 starts and a 1.438 WHIP. With free agency approaching, his name has already surfaced in trade chatter again, and the Brewers are among the clubs that could be looking for starting pitching.
Across eight seasons in Milwaukee, Peralta went 211- and posted a 3.59 ERA. He is the only player in franchise history to appear in six different postseasons, and he made three starts in the 2025 playoffs.
The rest of the series lines up like this: Brandon Sproat against Zac Thornton on July 21, and Logan Henderson against Christian Scott on July 22. All three games are scheduled for 6:40 p.m. on July 20 and July 21, then 1:10 p.m. on July 22, with Brewers.TV carrying the games and AM-620 WTMJ on the radio.
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