David Peterson’s 2024 season was a new high for the southpaw: the most innings he had ever pitched, the lowest ERA he had ever had, his fewest home runs allowed, and the best ERA+ of his career. He came into 2025 looking to build on that foundation with just two seasons to before reaching free agency.

Unfortunately, his 2025 campaign fell short of the potential excellence he displayed in 2024. After a promising start to the season through the first half, he fell off hard and fast the last two months of the year, one of many pieces to the puzzle of the Mets’ eventual failure to make the playoffs. And while he wasn’t the only problem within the Mets’ pitching staff, his implosion as the Mets’ most reliable arm really hurt a team looking for any sort of stability to buoy them through their s

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