{"id":184252,"date":"2021-02-21T01:53:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T22:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/david-peterson-not-backing-down-from-mets-rotation-challenge\/"},"modified":"2021-02-21T01:53:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T22:53:28","slug":"david-peterson-not-backing-down-from-mets-rotation-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/david-peterson-not-backing-down-from-mets-rotation-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"#David Peterson not backing down from Mets rotation challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#David Peterson not backing down from Mets rotation challenge<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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David Peterson got an app<\/a>etizer of pitching in the major leagues last season.<\/p>\n

Now the Mets\u2019 left-hander is chasing the main course.<\/p>\n

After Peterson impressed over nine starts in the shortened 2020 season, thrown into action following injuries to Noah Syndergaard and Marcus Stroman, he is set to compete for a spot in the Mets\u2019 rotation for 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, I want to come in here and do my thing and let the rest take care of itself,\u201d Peterson said Saturday on a Zoom call from Port St. Lucie. \u201cHowever I can help the team win, that\u2019s what I\u2019m here to do. I\u2019m ready to go and excited to be back in camp and ready to compete and get after it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Mets\u2019 pitching depth got even stronger Friday when they signed Taijuan Walker, adding him to a rotation that already includes Jacob deGrom, Marcus Stroman and Carlos Carrasco. That leaves one spot \u2014 unless the Mets go to a six-man rotation, which manager Luis Rojas has alluded to \u2014 for the likes of Peterson, Joey Lucchesi or Jordan Yamamoto.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, Peterson has arrived at camp looking to build off last season. He skipped over Trip<\/a>le-A to get the call to the big leagues in 2020, opening plenty of eyes with a 3.44 ERA while going 6-2 with 40 strikeouts and 24 walks in 49 \u00b2\/\u2083 innings.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think there\u2019s a lot to take away,\u201d the 25-year-old Peterson said. \u201cThere were some good moments, definitely some moments that gave me confidence. Plenty of lessons learned along the way. I thought there was a good opportunity for me, as a rookie and a young guy, that had come up from Double-A, to talk to the veterans and learn as much as I could from the guys we had on the team last year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peterson made his debut at Fenway Park in the fifth game<\/a> of the season, picking up the win after giving up two runs across 5 \u00b2\/\u2083 innings. He finished off his season in style, tossing seven innings of one-run ball against the Nationals \u2014 which came after a 10-strikeout performance against the Braves.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very proud of the job he did last year,\u201d Rojas said. \u201cThe kind of call he got, immedia<\/a>te challenge, it seemed that he was ready for it and never lost a beat. He told me that he worked really hard in the offseason. There\u2019s some things, packing the zone and blending his pitches, sharpening his pitches. With his makeup \u2014 him and I talked about being humble and staying hungry and how smart he is. Those three virtues, we talked specifically [about]. Those are always going to help him to keep growing. That\u2019s what he\u2019s doing now.<\/p>\n

\u201cCompetition is always going to be there, that\u2019s just going to get the best out of you. So we talked to him in the language of competing for a spot in the rotation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peterson, the Mets\u2019 first-round pick out of Oregon in 2017, has never thrown more than 128 innings in a year, with his career-high coming in 2018 split between Low-A and High-A. After the shortened season last year, he tried to prepare for the long haul coming into this camp.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never had a 162-game season, so for me, it\u2019s getting myself prepared as best I can to take that challenge on this year,\u201d Peterson said. \u201cThat\u2019s something I want to do and I want to be able to help the team win every five days.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year felt like a taste and I\u2019m ready to get back and get going again.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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