N.Y. Mets: Tip of the Cap to Dave Peterson

From the desk of: HEAD-BUTTING MR. MET

DO WE HAVE A NEW HURLER OF THE METROPOLIS?

Well done!  Well done, indeed.

Dave Peterson, the Mets first round selection (20th overall) of the 2017 amateur draft, on Tuesday makes his major league debut against the Red Sox at Boston's Fenway Park.  All it took was 46 minor league appearances, during which he posts a 3.63 ERA through 247.0 innings pitched, before being summoned to the show.  In 2018 he splits the season between Port St. Lucie and Columbia.  Last year he spends the entire season with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies where he posts a 4.19 ERA and 122 strikeouts in 116.0 innings pitched.  That said, with no triple-A experience, here he is.  Staked to an early 3-0 cushion, the 24-year old rookie southpaw faces 23 batters, throws 78 pitches, with 46 (59%) going for strikes, and averages roughly 15 pitches per inning.  For the night Peterson yields two earned runs on seven hits and two walks, with a trio of strikeouts in 5.2 innings pitched.  I was pleased he lasted five innings, and rather happy he walked back out for the sixth.

Once again, well done, rook.  Congratulations on your first start, and your first ever major league victory.  He joins Michael Wacha in turning in a somewhat surprisingly effective performance at Fenway.

The Mets are 2-0 at Boston.

Thanks guys.