Whichever adjective or phrase you’d like to use, Freddy Peralta in his first start with the Tampa Bay Rays post-New York Mets trade was bad. Lasting 3.2 innings and surrendering 9 hits, 7 runs, and a pair of long balls, the Colorado Rockies excuse doesn’t fly here. Six other Rays pitchers took the mound, none allowing a run to score in the 11-inning victory for Tampa Bay. A successful Tampa Bay stint will further the narrative that the Mets messed up Peralta. There is no better place for it to happen than Tampa Bay where the reputation sometimes gets a little overblown for being geniuses.