Angels Outright Sebastián Rivero; Sammy Peralta Elects Free Agency

Nov. 1: Peralta has indeed elected free agency, as announced by the club. Oct. 29: The Angels announced Thursday that left-hander Sammy Peralta and catcher Sebastián Rivero both went unclaimed on waivers and were assigned outright to Triple-A Salt Lake. Both are eligible to elect free agency and will presumably do so. The 28-year-old Peralta split the 2026 season between the Rockies and Halos, combining for 23 innings with a 6.65 earned run average. He fanned a respectable 20.5% of opponents against a solid 8% walk rate, leading to better reviews from metrics like SIERA (3.96).