The New York Yankees were the ones who started a Cy Young winner and six-time All-Star in Gerrit Cole for Saturday's Game 1 of their American League Division Series game against the Tampa Bay Rays, but he wasn't the best pitcher in the contest.

It continued a strong run of form for the right-hander, who has now surrendered one or no runs in each of his past seven starts dating back to late August. Peralta has a 0.93 ERA, 0.80 WHIP and 30:10 K:BB over 38.

How Peralta reclaimed his mojo as “Fastball Freddy” began with one pitch during his poor Rays debut — but his turnaround involves much more.