Mets left-handed pitching prospect David Peterson met with the media Wednesday afternoon following his Summer Camp outing at Citi Field.

Peterson, who spent the 2019 season with Double-A Binghamton, was invited to Spring Training in February as a non-roster invite. He was then invited to Summer Camp once the call was made that baseball was resuming.

Andy Martino of SNY mentioned that it seemed like Peterson threw some good curveballs and sliders during his outing on Wednesday. He asked which of his secondary pitches he felt are most polished right now and which pitches he still feels needs to be tightened up a bit to succeed at this level.

“The slider for me coming up has been that out pitch for me,” Peterson said. “The curveball has been in progress the last couple years. Both felt really good today, during the bullpen and in the game.”

Peterson, the Mets’ first-round pick from Oregon in 2017, had a 4.19 ERA, 3.19 FIP, and 122 strikeouts in 116.0 innings last year.

When asked if he feels big-league ready, Peterson said yes, that if and when that call comes, he is ready. This comes after having a very productive quarantine. During the shutdown, Peterson stated he started off with playing catch and throwing bullpens here and then. By the end of the quarantine, he stated he was facing live hitters and getting his pitch count up.

As a result, he came back up to camp feeling ready and already built up. He stated that the hitters he threw to were a mixture of college guys and some professional players as well; it was whoever was home and whoever he had access to.

Tim Britton of The Athletic asked Peterson what his biggest takeaway was from his season with Double-A Binghamton.

“It gave me a lot to build off of in the offseason and come into camp as ready as possible and be a viable option for the team,” said Peterson, who said his biggest lesson and takeaway from the first half of the 2019 season was continuing to refine the way he thinks about attacking hitters and his pitch sequencing inside.

“It’s attacking guys and knowing where to miss and refining that stuff.”

Though unlikely, Peterson is currently fighting for a spot on the Mets’ Opening Day roster, which will be decided within the next nine days. When asked what it feels like to be in New York competing for a job knowing that he could get the call this season, Peterson said, “It’s a great opportunity to get invited to the 60-man pool and to be getting ramped up for this season. The goal is ultimately to be up in the big leagues at some point. Whenever that day comes, it will be a beautiful day. All that I can do right now is enjoy my time here and prepare for this season to be ready when they need me.”

In order to make it to that next step, Peterson said he’s been working with pitching coach Jeremy Hefner on polishing his pitches. He stated that he’s working to make his curveball a really solid fourth pitch and is working on his consistency and delivery and mechanics.

Peterson showed better velocity during the first spring camp, sitting 91-93 MPH with his fastball. He struck out six in six innings and allowed only one earned run. The former first round pick also had 9.5 K/9 during the 2019 season.

The Mets will face the New York Yankees at Citi Field in the first exhibition game of Summer Camp 2020 on Saturday at 7:10 p.m.