{"id":678812,"date":"2026-04-19T02:43:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T02:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/678812\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T02:43:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T02:43:00","slug":"mets-david-peterson-scratched-from-scheduled-start-but-is-not-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/678812\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets&#8217; David Peterson scratched from scheduled start but is not injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO \u2014 The Mets desperately need a win, and scuffling David Peterson isn\u2019t viewed as the best option to help deliver it.<\/p>\n<p>Peterson was removed from his scheduled Sunday start against the Cubs, with the team announcing Saturday night that Tobias Myers will start instead.<\/p>\n<p>The Mets have<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/18\/sports\/mets-suffer-10th-straight-loss-with-season-already-mired-in-ugly-mess\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> lost 10 straight games<\/a>, the franchise\u2019s longest losing streak since 2004.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39131124\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/David-Peterson.jpg\" alt=\"David Peteson sits in the dugout before the Mets' loss to the Dodgers on April 13, 2026 in Los Angeles.\" class=\"wp-image-39131124\"  \/>David Peteson, who will not be starting tomorrow, sits in the dugout before the Mets\u2019 loss to the Dodgers on April 13, 2026 in Los Angeles. Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Peterson, according to a club source, is not injured.<\/p>\n<p>The lefty last pitched on Monday against the Dodgers and allowed four early runs. Peterson owns a 6.41 ERA in four starts.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39131131\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tobias-Myers.jpg\" alt=\"Mets righty Tobias Myers will start Sunday's game against the Cubs in place of David Peterson.\" class=\"wp-image-39131131\"  \/>Mets righty Tobias Myers will start Sunday\u2019s game against the Cubs in place of David Peterson. Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Myers stretched out as a starter in spring training and has been used in long relief to begin the season. <\/p>\n<p>Myers, who has pitched to a 3.64 ERA in six relief appearances, was last used on Wednesday when he allowed one earned run over two innings.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO \u2014 The Mets desperately need a win, and scuffling David Peterson isn\u2019t viewed as the best option&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,759,101,4,1690,61,2548,4203,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-678812","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-mets","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-david-peterson","10":"tag-mets","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-mets","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkmets","16":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116429074882190872","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}