Sammy Peralta #89

He and his wife, Alicia, have twin children...Graduated from Gateway (Fla.) High School...Attended San Jacinto College North (2016-17), Palm Beach State College (2017-18) and the University of Tampa (2018-19)...His father, Felipe, pitched in the New York Mets' farm system...Enjoys jiu-jitsu, working on his house and going to the beach.

2025

Began the season with Veracruz in the Mexican League and went 2-1 with a 2.53 ERA in four starts before signing with Los Angeles-AL on 5/19...Went 6-2 with a 4.33 ERA in 24 games (seven starts) at Triple-A Salt Lake...Was selected by the Angels on 9/7...Had a pair of stints with the team (9/7-9/20 and 9/27-end of season)...Went 0-1 with a 7.59 ERA in five relief appearances with the Angels...Was claimed off waivers by Milwaukee on 10/22...Pitched for Estrellas in the Dominican Winter League (6 G, 0-0, 1.29 ERA, 7 IP, 7 H, 2 run, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 HR).

2023

Split the season between Class AAA Charlotte (29 games) and the White Sox (16 games)...Limited left-handers to a .161/.278/.226 (5-31) slash line with the Sox...His contract was selected from Charlotte on 5/2…Made his MLB debut on 5/4 vs. Minnesota, allowing two runs on two hits with two strikeouts in 0.2 IP...Was optioned back to Charlotte on 5/5 and recalled on 7/27…Did not allow an earned run in eight consecutive appearances from 7/27-9/1 (8.2 IP)...Earned his first Major League win on 8/6 at Cleveland, working 0.2 scoreless IP…Was optioned to Charlotte on 8/7 and recalled again on 8/23...Worked a season-high 3.0 scoreless IP on 8/28 at Baltimore...Struck out a career-high four batters over 1.2 scoreless IP in his final outing on 9/30 vs. San Diego...Went 0-3 with a 6.30 ERA (14 ER/20.0 IP) and 19 strikeouts in six starts with Charlotte and 5-3 with a 4.59 mark (25 ER/49.0 IP) and 49 strikeouts in 23 relief appearances.

2022

Appeared in 34 games between Class AA Birmingham and Class AAA Charlotte, going 4-4 with a 3.77 ERA (26 ER/62.0 IP), four saves and 76 strikeouts (11.0 per 9.0 IP)...Limited right-handers to a .212 (32-151) average, while lefties hit .288 (23-80)...Allowed eight earned runs in 4.2 IP over his first three outings, but posted a 2.83 ERA (18 ER/57.1 IP) from 4/21 to the end of the season...Recorded at least one strikeout in 31 of 34 outings, including in 23 straight from 5/17-9/23...converted 4-5 save opportunities...Did not allow an earned run over seven consecutive appearances (17.1 IP) from 6/5-7/2...threw 4.0 scoreless IP on 6/22 vs. Rocket City...Missed the entire month of August with a fractured left hand...Was promoted to Charlotte on 9/16...four of his five outings with the Knights were scoreless...Made nine appearances for Glendale in the Arizona Fall League, going 1-0 with a 3.21 ERA (5 ER/14.0 IP).

2021

Went a combined 3-1 with a 4.07 ERA (25 ER/55.1 IP), two saves and 68 strikeouts over 31 relief appearances between Class A Kannapolis and Class Advanced A Winston-Salem...Held left-handed hitters to a .197 (14-71) average with no home runs allowed...opponents batted .219 (16-73) with RISP...Earned his first save on 6/27 vs. Fayetteville, allowing one run with five strikeouts over 3.0 IP...tallied his second save on 7/31 vs. Salem, surrendering one run in 3.0 IP with four strikeouts...Threw 8.1 consecutive scoreless IP over three outings from 7/10-20, allowing two hits with 11 strikeouts.

2020

Did not pitch following the cancellation of the minor-league season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019

Combined to go 2-1 with a 1.96 ERA (8 ER/36.2 IP) and 58 strikeouts (14.2 per 9.0 IP) over 18 games (three starts) between the Arizona Rookie League White Sox and Advanced Rookie Great Falls in his first professional season...Went 2-0 with a 0.98 ERA (3 ER/27.2 IP) as a reliever...limited right-handers to a .158 (16-101) average...opponents went 6-38 (.158) with RISP...Did not allow an earned run over his first eight appearances, allowing eight hits with 24 strikeouts...struck out seven batters over 3.0 IP in his second start on 7/25-2 vs. Idaho Falls...Was recommended/signed by Sox scout Joel Grampietro.