It’s foolish to forecast a career on the basis of one pitch. That’s why we have scouts and analysts and other who get paid a ton of money to forecast a player’s career, and players get drafted and move up and down a major league team’s system on the basis of these forecasts and on his consistent performances. Certainly, a blogger’s stamp of approval based on one pitch is pointless.
But I’m going to do it anyway because screw it. It’s 2020. Allow me this pleasure.
David Peterson’s first ever major league start was perilous from the beginning. The first ever batter he faced hit a ball off the Green Monster. But in a fortuitous twist of fate, J.D. Davis did his best Mookie Wilson impression and threw out Jose Peraza by a mile and a half to start Peterson’s career. Peterson then cruised through the first two innings before running into trouble in the third.
3 comments:
I have touted this kid in college and was thrilled when the Mets drafted him.
His rise has been slow but let's hope he can keep this up.
LH pitchers are often late-bloomers, and hopefully that's part of the reason why David hasn't been more successful until now.
The one way you can expose this guys game is through lack of infield defense.
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