David Peterson

Bats L Throws L6'6" 236 lbBorn 1995 Denver, USADebut 2020Team NYM1x All-StarDraft 2014 R28 #854 Boston Red Sox, Regis Jesuit (CO) HSContract 1 y/$8.1M (26) 2026: $4,071,658

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	563	20.4	8.7	2.51	22.9	6.92	99.9
2027							99.8
2028							99.2

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 29

His ten closest age-29 comparables averaged 94 PITCH+ the next season; 9 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Joe Saunders	2010	98.2	96.2	874
2	Wei-Yin Chen	2015	98.9	93.1	520
3	Jeremy Hellickson	2016	99.5	96.4	695
4	Tom Koehler	2015	96.6	93.7	774
5	Nick Pivetta	2022	95.8	108.6	587
6	Nate Robertson	2007	99.7	84.1	761
7	Jason Vargas	2012	98.8	94.0	644
8	Kyle Kendrick	2014	95.4	80.5	629
9	Brian Lawrence	2005	98.3	did not play
10	Kyle Gibson	2017	96.0	103.2	826

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	NYM	30	0	0	0	0	0
2024	NYM	21	0	0	0	0	0
2023	NYM	27	0	0	0	0	0
2022	NYM	28	0	0	0	0	0
2021	NYM	16	20	2	1	1	10	0.062	0.118	0.125	0.243	-34.2
2020	NYM	10	0	0	0	0	0
Career		132	20	2	1	1	10	0.062	0.118	0.125	0.243	-34.2

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									563				99.8
2026*									507				94.5	101.4	95.9
2025	NYM	9	6	4.22	30	30	0	168.7	723	11	65	150	101.1	100.3	101.4
2024	NYM	10	3	2.90	21	21	0	121.0	510	8	46	101	103.5	100.6	104.1
2023	NYM	3	8	5.03	27	21	0	111.0	492	16	50	128	86.9	100.6	87.4
2022	NYM	7	5	3.83	28	19	0	105.7	454	11	48	126	97.4	98.9	96.3
2021	NYM	2	6	5.53	15	15	0	66.7	287	11	29	69	89.9	100.4	90.3
2020	NYM	6	2	3.44	10	9	0	49.7	205	5	24	40	109.6	106.3	115.8
Career		37	30	4.12	131	115	0	622.7	2671	62	262	614	97.7		98.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	20	80.5	-25.4	0.0	33.3	29.7	23.3	0.071	0.098	0.114	27.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	NYM	P	30	169	14	23	0	0	1.000	+0.3
2024	NYM	P	21	121	4	15	5	1	0.792	+0.4
2023	NYM	P	27	111	9	15	1	0	0.960	+0.3
2022	NYM	P	28	106	1	12	3	1	0.812	-0.6
2021	NYM	P	15	67	5	8	0	1	1.000	+0.1
2020	NYM	P	10	50	3	6	0	0	1.000	+1.6

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2024	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Pit	43	9.2 IP, 26% K	2.93
2024	AA	Binghamton Rumble Ponies	Pit	20	5.1 IP, 40% K	0.00
2024	A	St. Lucie Mets	Pit	30	8.2 IP, 53% K	0.00
2023	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Pit	166	37.0 IP, 26% K	4.86
2022	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Pit	119	26.0 IP, 29% K	4.85
2019	AA	Binghamton Rumble Ponies	Pit	498	116.0 IP, 24% K	4.19
2018	A+	St. Lucie Mets	Pit	301	68.2 IP, 19% K	4.35
2018	A	Columbia Fireflies	Pit	232	59.1 IP, 25% K	1.83

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.000	0.139	0.000	0.244

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason pitching

Year	W	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2024	1	2.98	5	1	1	12.1	14	1	8	8	1.82
2022	0	4.50	2	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	2	1.00
Career	1	3.19	7	1	1	14.1	16	1	8	10	1.70