{"id":959,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/959","headline":"Freddy Peralta named ALCS MVP as Rays clinch World Series berth","dek":"The right-hander, dealt away by the Mets at the trade deadline, started the Game 6 clincher and added a relief outing to seal the award.","body":"The Rays are headed to the World Series, and the pitcher doing the heavy lifting is one the Mets gave up on. Freddy Peralta was named ALCS MVP after two starts, including the Game 6 clincher, plus a relief appearance along the way.\n\nPeralta arrived in Tampa Bay via a trade deadline deal after a tenure in New York that did not work out. Since the move, his turnaround has been a major factor in the Rays' run through October, culminating in the series-clinching win that sent them to the World Series.\n\nPeralta called the whole stretch surreal, saying simply, \"This is crazy.\" Fitting, given the path: shipped out by the Mets, remade in Tampa Bay, and now headed to the sport's biggest stage carrying a conference MVP trophy.\n\nThe World Series now awaits, and it comes with an extra layer of storyline since Peralta's old team is the opponent on the other side.","published_at":"2026-10-20T06:20:19.281214+00:00","source_count":4,"written_from":[{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"Freddy Peralta pitches Rays to World Series, wins ALCS MVP after disastrous Mets tenure: ‘This is crazy’","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/10/20/sports/freddy-peralta-pitches-rays-to-world-series-wins-alcs-mvp/"},{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"Rays' Freddy Peralta named ALCS MVP after two starts, including Game 6 clincher, one relief appearance","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/rays-freddy-peralta-alcs-mvp-2026-mlb-playoffs/"},{"outlet":"MLB.com","publisher":"MLB.com","title":"ALCS MVP 'Fastball Freddy' pitches Rays to World Series, where his old team awaits","url":"https://www.mlb.com/news/freddy-peralta-wins-2026-alcs-mvp"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"'Fastball Freddy' Peralta named ALCS MVP after pitching Rays into World Series","url":"https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/50224941/rays-pitcher-freddy-peralta-named-alcs-mvp"}],"image":{"url":"https://sportshub.cbsistatic.com/i/2026/10/20/d893dc04-f4dd-4b1a-b51e-aa93affb0d7e/peralta-getty-2.png","credit":"CBS Sports","width":1920},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}