{"id":952,"date":"2025-07-11T07:45:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T07:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/952\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T07:45:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T07:45:04","slug":"mets-david-peterson-named-all-star-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/952\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets&#8217; David Peterson named All-Star replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BALTIMORE \u2014 David Peterson had mostly discounted the notion he could be selected to the All-Star Game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But there was the Mets left-hander being called Thursday afternoon to Carlos Mendoza\u2019s office, where he was informed by the manager and pitching coach Jeremy Hefner that he had been chosen to the National League roster. Peterson, a first-time All-Star, is replacing Robbie Ray.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA little shocked,\u201d Peterson said of his reaction to the news. \u201cI saw some of the guys got replaced and whatnot and put it out of my head and let the game control it, and I got caught a little off guard when they called me in.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Peterson will join teammates Francisco Lindor, Pete Alonso and Edwin D\u00edaz in representing the Mets. <\/p>\n<p>Peterson appeared in strong position for a spot last month, but a late June slump didn\u2019t help his cause.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36501190\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/new-york-mets-pitcher-david-107955930.jpg\" alt=\"New York Mets pitcher David Peterson, #23, pitching.\" class=\"wp-image-36501190\"  \/>Mets starter David Peterson is an All-Star. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt definitely put me in a position where I was probably looking in from the outside,\u201d said Peterson, who had consecutive starts in which he allowed five earned runs and failed to complete five innings. \u201cI just tried to put it out of my mind and go play and help this team win.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Peterson has pitched to a 3.06 ERA in 18 starts this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.66699219;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36503807\" width=\"394\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250710_jla_ax1_395.jpg\" alt=\"New York Mets pitcher David Peterson (23) delivers during the first inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. \" class=\"wp-image-36503807\"  \/>New York Mets pitcher David Peterson (23) delivers during the first inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.  Mitch Stringer-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, he allowed one earned run over seven innings in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/10\/sports\/ryne-stanek-blows-it-as-gunnar-henderson-homer-sinks-mets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mets\u2019 3-1 loss to the Orioles<\/a> in Game 1 of a doubleheader.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last season, he returned from hip surgery in late May and bolstered the Mets rotation before contributing from the bullpen in the playoffs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am proud of him,\u201d Mendoza said. \u201cEspecially with \u2026 how far he\u2019s come. It was special for me and Hef to deliver the news today. Another guy that is going to go out there and represent the Mets organization.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BALTIMORE \u2014 David Peterson had mostly discounted the notion he could be selected to the All-Star Game.\u00a0 But&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[1188,363,1189,99],"class_list":["post-952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-david-peterson","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-mets","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}