The righthander joins a slew of other Mets pitchers who underwent the procedure this year. Tylor Megill, who is under team control for two more years but could be non-tendered this offseason, Frankie Montas, Dedniel Nunez and Danny Young also had Tommy John surgery. Nunez and Young had the surgery early enough in the season to have an outside chance of pitching next year.
I mean, I am a starter. I think that's point blank, Peterson told amNewYork when asked if there was anything he needed to show management during the final week of the regular season. That's how it is. You get into the playoffs, and you're going to have guys [move to the bullpen], especially early on. You need three starters, maybe four for the second round. So you're going to have a couple guys that are gonna go into the bullpen.
They did lose Evan Phillips for the season due to Tommy John surgery, and Brusdar Graterol isn't expected to return from offseason right shoulder surgery despite an initial expectation he would return after the All-Star break. In terms of their starting rotation, Blake Snell and Tyler Glasnow both have returned from the injured list, and Shohei Ohtani is successfully stretching out.
He threw some plyo balls today, so arm is moving. Feeling good coming out of that, so now it's continuing to build a foundation and make sure we get him to a point where he's feeling good throwing and then go from there.