Mets Notes: David Peterson ‘physically fine’ after leaving start, A.J. Minter's stuff trending in right direction

Here are some key notes following the Mets' win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon...

Peterson’s fine after leaving early 

Not everything went as planned for the Mets on Sunday. 

They did have a bit of a scare during the top of the fifth when left-hander David Peterson was forced to leave the game after appearing to have injured himself during an at-bat against Vladimir Guerrero Jr. earlier in the inning. 

While there was some speculation that Peterson may’ve potentially tweaked something, manager Carlos Mendoza clarified postgame that that was not the case. 

“Physically fine, he was just feeling nauseous there,” the skipper said. “He went out and said he felt like he got punched in the stomach and got a little bit of blurry vision but that was it -- physically he is fine.”

The southpaw was checked out by team doctors and felt fine afterwards. 

Peterson fell into trouble when the blurry vision developed during that inning, but prior to that he was cruising, as he worked around three hits and a two walks across four scoreless innings of work.

“I felt good up until that point,” he said. “It felt like [Hayden] Senger and I were on the same page — we had a good gameplan and I feel like we were attacking those guys, getting a lot of groundballs and the defense was amazing behind me.”

Minter’s up and throwing

With Peterson forced to leave, the Mets had to lean heavily on their bullpen again.

While the group was a bit shorthanded, they were tremendous -- and one of the arms who helped bridge the gap to Edwin Diaz was A.J. Minter, who put together arguably one of his best appearances of the young season. 

After his slow buildup in spring training, Minter has looked stronger each time he’s taken the mound -- striking out five over his last two showings -- but he still feels there’s some room to improve moving forward. 

“Fastball felt pretty good today,” he said. “Still feel like I’ve got something more in the tank -- not quite where I want to be, but I’m definitely trending in the right direction and it was encouraging to see some of the stuff today for sure.”

Most importantly, Minter feels healthy and he’s confident he’ll get to where he wants to be. 

The 31-year-old has taken the Citi Field mound plenty in his big-league career, but this weekend presented his first opportunity to do so in the orange and blue rather than for the division-rival Braves. 

“It lived up to the hype for sure,” he said. “Super pumped to get out in front of these fans -- it’s good to be on this side of the fans now. It was definitely really exciting and I can’t wait for more.”