“Unleashing Potential: Can a Revitalized David Peterson Secure His Spot in the Mets’ Rotation?”
That consistent role, and the confidence it gave Peterson, allowed him to find a consistency with his performance that he hadn’t been able to lock into in previous seasons. “I had seen what I did last year in stretches and spurts before in my career, but I feel like last year I was able to put it together more consistently,” he explained. “I felt like, this year, going into this off-season being able to get a full off-season of just training and not rehab was big.”
A fully healthy off-season for a starting pitcher means the freedom to tinker and work on your pitches. In previous seasons, Peterson had spent so much time trying to get back to 100% health that he had little time to worry about playing around with grips or modifying pitch shapes. This off-season, he not only had the confidence that he was coming into the season as a member of the starting rotation, but he had the time to work with the Mets coaching staff to tweak some of his arsenal to try and build on his career-best year.
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