Wandy Peralta

Contract Value Index (CVI)

Wandy Peralta earns a B Contract Value Index (CVI) on a four-year deal at $4.125M AAV — a figure that looks reasonable on its face for a relief arm posting B+ production, and the math holds up well enough to justify a steady grade rather than anything requiring urgent re-evaluation. Without current season stats on record, the production assessment leans on his performance grade, which reflects a solid, above-average reliever doing his job at a respectable level in a competitive bullpen environment. At $4.125M AAV, Peralta sits comfortably in the range where late-career relievers get paid to be dependable organizational assets rather than difference-makers — the contract neither overpays for upside nor undervalues a proven commodity, which is about as clean as this market gets for a 34-year-old right-hander. The established veteran tag is both his calling card and his ceiling: he is not going to age into a different pitcher from here, and a four-year commitment at this stage of his career carries the inherent risk that late-career durability rarely follows a straight line. His decision to exercise his option signals mutual buy-in between player and organization, but as the media framing makes clear, this is the kind of quiet, administrative roster retention that gets a brief mention and then disappears from the conversation — which is a fine outcome for a reliever whose value is functional rather than marquee. The four-year term is the one flag worth noting; for a 34-year-old reliever, that runway extends well into an age range where contract value typically erodes faster than production can sustain it, and the CVI staying steady at B rather than climbing reflects exactly that ceiling.

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