Freddy Peralta leads the Mets against Washington on Thursday afternoon. AP The Mets are looking ripe to turn their season around as they face the lowly Nationals on Thursday afternoon. Carlos Mendoza’s group comes in as a -209 favorite on Kalshi at opening, with Freddy Peralta on the mound opposite Miles Mikolas. Mikolas has been one of the worst starters in all of baseball this season, with a -0.5 WAR that’s the 11th-worst figure in the entire major leagues and the fourth-worst in all of baseball. His 8.49 ERA is bloated by an 11 earned runs allowed earlier this year though he hasn’t pitched well in really any of his other starts this year. Mikolas has failed to pitch into the fifth inning in five of his six starts and has allowed multiple runs in all but one of those games. To say that even the Mets’ league-worst offense (in OPS so far this season) should be able to score runs on Thursday is an understatement.…