David Peterson was always going to be one of the first names to get a call if the Mets needed starting pitching this season. At 24 years old, and with a year of Double-A ball under his belt, he would have been fighting for sixth on the team’s depth chart.
Peterson was taken in the first round by the Mets in 2017 after a solid career as an Oregon Duck, including an 11-4 record, 2.51 ERA, and 140 strikeouts in 100.1 innings pitched in his final season there to round out his career in the PAC-12.