5 Pitching Takeaways from Thursday’s Mets-Nationals Game

The New York Mets bullpen looked a little rocky in Thursday’s game. Here are some of the highs and lows.

On Thursday afternoon a national television audience enjoyed the New York Mets defeating the Washington Nationals 8-4 on ESPN. Pete Alonso hit a grand slam to lead the offense, but we were focused on the pitching.

Here are five things we took away from this early Spring Training contest against a division rival:

1. David Peterson has the stuff but needs to stay calm.

Peterson had a good two-inning outing only allowing one hit with 16 strikes over 26 pitches. He started off strong then started to crumble as he hit Kyle Schwarber with a pitch and gave up a double to Ryan Zimmerman. After that,…