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Tim Peterson

Mets Career team 2018–2019
Number #63
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 35
Height 6' 1"
Weight 225 lbs
Birth Place Puyallup, WA
Born Feb 22, 1991

Key Insights

2019
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice

Peterson releases the ball from over the top, about 84 degrees above horizontal and 0.2 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.

142 tracked release points, averaging 6.0 feet off the ground.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's

Peterson's changeup moves 75.7 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.

46 thrown, averaging 83.1 mph.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off Peterson's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 94.2 mph, against 85.2 off his changeup.

77 and 46 of them thrown.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see

Peterson's 4-seam fastball carries 19.2 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.

77 thrown, averaging 90.2 mph.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on

Peterson's 4-seam fastball averages 90.2 mph, and has touched 92.7.

77 thrown, 54.2% of his pitches.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle

12% of Peterson's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.

17 of 142 located pitches.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

Catcher's Perspective • Pitch movement relative to a spinless ball

Player Bio Data
DOB Feb 22, 1991
Birth Place Puyallup, WA
Height 6' 1"
Weight 225 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft Kentucky