Freddy Peraltas dud buries Mets as veterans miserable season continues in loss to Blue Jays

TORONTO — Freddy Peralta sizzled Wednesday, but only in the sense he was turned into Canadian bacon.Of all the Mets’ disappointments this season, the alleged ace’s shortcomings might be the most perplexing.Peralta is in his career prime and physically hasn’t provided any hint of ailment.

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mike Puma about the inside buzz on the Mets.Five-inning Freddy cut his afternoon short by a frame on Canada Day, after burying his team early in a 9-3 loss to the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.The Mets (36-51) lost a fifth straight series and sunk further into the abyss of a season that may rate as the biggest flop in franchise history.

Peralta’s latest dud occurred just hours after team owner Steve Cohen told The Post’s Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman on “The Show” podcast that president of baseball operations David Stearns’ job is safe for the remainder of a five-year contract that runs through 2028.Offensively, the Mets didn’t show life until the eighth, when Carson Benge delivered a two-run homer.Francisco Lindor hit a solo homer in the ninth.

The Mets finished with five hits.Over four innings Peralta surrendered five earned runs on seven hits with four strikeouts and three walks as his ERA surged to 4.81.It was a third straight lackluster start and second outright clunker for Peralta.All of it is occurring against the backdrop of the Aug.

3 trade deadline.Peralta, in his walk year, is among the team’s trade chips, but what is his value if he is deemed broken?Peralta has been far short of the pitcher Stearns thought he was receiving when he dealt Brandon Sproat and Jett Williams to Milwaukee in January in a trade that sent the Mets another struggling pitcher in Tobias Myers (who in recent days was demoted to Triple-A Syracuse for the second time this season).Kazuma Okamoto’s RBI single in the first inning placed Peralta in a 1-0 hole just three batters into the game...