New York Mets first-round draft pick and former Oregon Duck David Peterson will make his professional debut Friday evening.

Peterson, who set numerous Oregon records including most strikeouts (20) in a game, is scheduled to pitch an inning tonight for the Met's Class A farm team in Brooklyn.

Peterson's Cyclones face Tri-City with first pitch at 3:40 p.m. Pacific.

Mets first round pick David Peterson is the Starting Pitcher tonight! Come watch a SLICE of history #AmazinStartsHere #BklynSlices 🍕🍕 pic.twitter.com/GC8BYx7wTD — Brooklyn Cyclones (@BKCyclones) August 4, 2017

The 6-foot-6 left-hander hasn't pitched in a game since signing a nearly $3 million contract with the Mets. Peterson was picked 20th-overall, making him the highest-picked Duck since Tyler Anderson was picked by the Colorado Rockies with the same pick in 2011.

Peterson went 11-4 with a 2.51 ERA as a junior in 2017.

Here's The Oregonian/OregonLive profile of Peterson from earlier this year.

-- Tyson Alger

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