Should the Mets be worried about the struggles of David Peterson? | Baseball Night in NY
On Baseball Night in NY, Dave Lennon questions whether Sean Manaea should replace David Peterson while discussing the inconsistencies from both lefties.
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The Mets organization, it, when they had success in recent years, 2024, was, "Oh, the pitching lab this, the pitching lab that."
Peterson's clearly got something in there, because even after the, the, the disastrous second half last year, and the st- the rough start this year, out of the bullpen, Dave, there was something there.
Is this on the Mets and, and the pitching coach to figure something out?
I, I, I don't understand how a guy can go from being an all-star to, at the very least, not being serviceable.
Every time he goes out there, certainly as a starter, he just doesn't have it.
You can't send him back out there.
Yeah, there's something going on adjustment-wise, and, j- I mean, you touched on it.
I mean, there is a back and forth that goes on here, and teams do figure out how to attack you at different phases.
They obviously scout to see how you've been pitching lately.
They see what your weapons are.
They see what to stay away from.
They see what to, what pitchers to get.
So there has to be a back and forth here, and we haven't really seen that with him.
He went from being really good to an all-star, then terrible, and then there's been no flip back again.
So you would think with a good coaching staff or w- or with people to work with him that you could get back to that if you've had success at the major leagues.
But there's obviously some disconnect here, where they can't find the, the things that he does well.
Time to move him out of the rotation, put Minaya in?
I mean, is there a third choice?
I mean, I, that's a pretty tough decision- to make at this point.
Yeah.
I mean, Minaya, he's not in the rotation now because they don't feel like he has the stuff to get through a lineup more than once.
I mean, that's a bullpen pitcher when you get to that point.
So he's allowed more hits than innings pitched at this point.
He's given up a lot of runs.
He's striking guys out, you know, which is good in some spots, but I, I just don't think he has it.
I mean, his velocity hasn't been there, so I think you can give it a shot and see how it works.
But you're talking about a guy, I mean, he's up to 70 pitches, so he's built to do that.
But you're talking about a guy you're gonna have to go get after three innings.
Yeah.
And what's kind of the point of putting a starting pitcher in there just to have your bullpen wiped out?
