David Peterson, Tylor Megill Providing Big Help to Banged Up Mets Rotation
The New York Mets’ starting rotation faced adversity from almost the onset this spring when José Quintana went down with a lesion on his ribs that required surgery.
Luckily for New York, left-hander David Peterson and righty Tylor Megill, who have both had success at the major league level over the last few seasons, were up for the task of duking it out for Quintana’s spot in New York’s rotation.
While Peterson ultimately won the job out of Spring Training, Megill wasn’t far behind, as he was promoted from Triple-A when Justin Verlander hit the injured list on Thursday with a teres major strain.
It wasn’t long before the Mets felt their impact as well, with both pitchers contributing the last two games against the Miami Marlins.
On Friday, while the Mets bats were silenced by that of Jesús Luzardo who scattered two hits and four walks over 5 2/3 innings, Peterson had a strong start in his own right.
The 27-year-old allowed a second inning home run to Jorge Soler and yielded eight hits overall, but was able to keep the game 1-0 and New York in it for a chance to win.
While the Mets wound up dropping the game, Peterson built off a strong Spring Training where he pitched 12 scoreless innings over four games.
As for Megill, the 6-feet-7 inches tall right-hander got New York back in the win column after tossing five innings of two run ball while striking out seven.
The lone blemish on Megill’s stat line was a second inning two-run blast off the bat of Nick Fortes, which also accounted for all of Miami’s runs for the afternoon.
The Mets revamped their rotation this summer with the additions of Quintana and Verlander, as well as Japanese import Kodai Senga (who will start Sunday) to go along with incumbent arms Max Scherzer and Carlos Carrasco.
Of course, pitching is volatile and they will have to wait to see some of their new arms, but that’s why it’s important to abide by the age-old adage, “you can never have too much pitching.”
While it’s earlier than the team probably expected, having both Peterson and Megill is a big boost to this team’s rotation for the current moment, and for the depth long-term in 2023.
So far, they’ve risen to the occasion.
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