Freddy Peralta dismisses one explanation for Mets failure in fresh start with Rays

ST.PETERSBURG, Fla.

— Freddy Peralta can’t pinpoint the root of his failed Mets tenure, but he’s willing to discount the idea the pressure of pitching in New York buried him.“I don’t see pressure,” the Rays right-hander said Monday at Tropicana Field.“It’s a way bigger market and there’s a lot more fans, people there, and everybody is paid to win for every day.

I enjoyed those kinds of moments when I was in New York, but I don’t see it as pressure.” Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mike Puma about the inside buzz on the Mets.After an initial ugly start for his new team, Peralta — whom the Mets traded Aug.

3 for prospects Aidan Smith, Gary Gill Hill and Émilien Pitre — has brought value to the Rays.Over his last four starts, he’s pitched to a 3.80 ERA, which included six scoreless innings against the Tigers in his last outing.He is Tuesday’s scheduled starter for the Rays in yet another appearance against a team that traded him during the last year; Peralta, with the Mets, faced the Brewers on July 20 and allowed seven earned runs over 5 ²/₃ innings.In his 22 starts for the Mets, he pitched to a 4.99 ERA and too often failed to complete even five innings.“It was the first time I struggled like that, but I never gave up,” Peralta said.

“I was always trying to find a way to feel better, to pitch better and I knew what I can do and I was feeling good physically too and healthy, but I couldn’t make the adjustment.But the good thing is now that I feel different, I am ready to keep going to the World Series, hopefully.”Peralta said he’s again getting extension during his delivery and that has helped add life to his fastball.“[The Mets staff] was really good and they tried to help me all the time,” Peralta said.

“But for some reason when I got here, for some reason it was probably the time that everything just changed like that.”The Rays began the day with ...