“Unleashing Potential: Can a Revitalized David Peterson Secure His Spot in the Mets’ Rotation?”
“I think the back foot [slider to righties], for me, is a good miss,” explained Peterson, “but I think for us more overall, it’s just kind of being down with the slider, being over the plate, making it look like a strong a strike as long as possible is the goal.”
So far, through three starts, Peterson is executing exactly as he and the team wanted. The zone rate on his slider is down almost 7%, which means it lands in the strike zone less often; however, the chase rate is up, and the pitch is thriving as a two-strike offering. In 2024, the PutAway Rate on Peterson’s slider, which measures how often a two-strike pitch results in a strikeout, was 19.2%. The MLB average was 19.1%. So far in 2025, his PutAway Rate on the slider is a ridiculous 36%.
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