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All of them have been courtesy of David Peterson. The lone reliable and healthy Mets starter all season has been their All-Star lefty, who again provided desperately needed length and excellence in Sunday’s 3-2 victory over the Reds at Citi Field.
A then-22-year-old Peterson was with the St. Lucie Mets, the franchise’s High-A affiliate at the time, when Wright — diagnosed with spinal stenosis in May 2015 and severely limited by injury for the final four years of his career — played 10 rehab games with the team.
Peterson did not factor in the decision during Sunday's win over the Reds. He allowed an unearned run on four hits and a walk over six innings while striking out four. Peterson gave up an unearned run in the first inning but settled in and rolled through five scoreless frames to finish his outing.
David Peterson was in his first full season professionally, pitching for Single-A St. Lucie in 2018 when he received his first exposure to a Mets icon, attempting a comeback for his last hurrah. It was during those interactions with a rehabbing David Wright that Peterson received a crash course on determination.
Mets manager Carlos Mendoza had the contact play on in the eighth inning and said Juan Soto executed it perfectly in scoring the go-ahead run. He praised catcher Luis Torrens for settling things down after Reds had tied the game on an Edwin Diaz HBP.
Luis Torrens was the goat on Saturday for a throwing error he made in a loss to the Reds. Sunday afternoon was a different story, however. Torrens’ hard-hit ground ball in the bottom of the eighth inn
Juan Soto bolted without hesitation, using his legs more so than his bat to help a Mets team in dire need of a run in Sunday’s eighth inning.
While a full-strength Mets rotation features a couple of starters capable of producing quality performances at a welcome rate, their circle of trust really only includes David Peterson over the last month. Why? Nobody else has provided sufficient length.