Tim Peterson

Timothy Louis Peterson (born February 22, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Algodoneros de Unión Laguna of the Mexican League. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets. Career Peterson graduated from Emerald Ridge High School in Puyallup, Washington and played college baseball at Western Nevada College and the University of Kentucky. In 2012, as a junior at Kentucky, he went 3-0 with a 2.42 ERA in 26 innings. New York Mets He was drafted by the New York Mets in the 20th round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft and signed. After signing, Peterson made his professional debut that year with the Brooklyn Cyclones and spent the whole season there, going 1-1 with a 6.26 ERA in 23 innings pitched in relief. In 2013, he pitched 17.2 scoreless innings for Brooklyn, and in 18 games pitched for the Savannah Sand Gnats, he was 1-0 with a 5.13 ERA. Peterson began 2014 with Savannah, and after pitching to a 3-0 record and 2.05 ERA in 19 relief appearances, he was promoted to the St. Lucie Mets where he was 2-1 with a 5.70 ERA in 23.2 relief innings pitched. He also pitched in one game for the Binghamton Mets at the end of the season. Prior to the 2015 season, Peterson received an 80-game suspension after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug. After serving his suspension, he played for Savannah where he compiled a 1-0 record and 1.69 ERA in 16 relief appearances. In 2016, he pitched for both St. Lucie and Binghamton, pitching to a 4-1 record and 3.03 ERA in 62.1 innings pitched out of the bullpen. In 2017, he pitched two games for the Las Vegas 51s along with 41 games for Binghamton in which he was 5-3 with a 1.14 ERA. He began 2018 with Las Vegas.