David Peterson serves as first ‘tough’ Mets casualty as trade deadline looms
Instead of spending the rest of his final season before free agency trying to fix what has gone wrong in Queens, he was expected to start this weekend in Milwaukee for another team.
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MLB New York Mets David Peterson serves as first ‘tough’ Mets casualty as trade deadline looms By Andrew Crane Published June 25, 2026, 9:30 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google When Craig Counsell spoke to David Peterson over the phone Thursday morning, the Cubs manager could sense it in his newest pitcher’s voice. This was a lot to take in. Peterson had only known one team throughout his MLB career — and he was the longest-tenured Met. Just Wednesday night, during the second game of a doubleheader between the teams, Peterson was in the home dugout. But that changed shortly before midnight, after the Mets sent the struggling lefty to Chicago in exchange for infield prospect Cole Mathis.
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