Freddy Peralta relishing his Mets chance but isn’t ready to talk extension just yet

Freddy Peralta is itching to get started with the Mets and feed off the high expectations and pressure that comes with pitching in New York.

Whether or not he will call it home beyond this year, though, remains to be seen.

Peralta, the new anchor in the Mets rotation after he was acquired in a trade with the Brewers last week, arrives in Queens with one year left before free agency.

But when asked about the potential of signing a contract extension, the right-hander pitched around it.

“I just got here,” he said Tuesday on an introductory Zoom call with reporters. “I think that I got to see around, I have to share time with my teammates and think about different ideas, learn about everybody, coaches, the organization in general and then we can see.”

David Stearns last week declined to comment on whether an extension has been discussed with Peralta, but the president of baseball operations indicated the trade was made with the understanding that it could just be a short-term relationship.