Carlos Mendoza said Tuesday the Mets are shaking up their rotation, with Christian Scott scheduled to start Thursday against the Twins and David Peterson staying in the bullpen alongside Sean Manaea.

Access the Mets beat like never before

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mike Puma about the inside buzz on the Mets.

Scott will be part of a five-man rotation, at least for now, as he impressed in his past two starts with Triple-A Syracuse in his return from September 2024 Tommy John surgery.

The 26-year-old Scott will be followed by Freddy Peralta on Friday and the struggling Kodai Senga on Saturday. Mendoza noted the way Scott has been “attacking’’ in his most recent outings in the minors, and the Mets saw flashes from Scott at the major league level prior to his elbow injury two years ago.

The hard-throwing right-hander was expected to help in Queens at some point this season, but not this soon.

“He earned it with the way he’s been throwing,’’ Mendoza said before the Mets’ dropped their 12th straight game with a 5-3 loss to the Twins.

Peterson and Manaea have been ineffective, although both have been better after being yanked out of the rotation. Mendoza didn’t rule out Peterson returning to his former role perhaps soon.

“It’ll be fluid,” Mendoza said. “I see him working as a reliever, but he’s still built up. He could make starts for us in the near future.”

Peterson hadn’t pitched out of the pen prior to his last outing since 2023, but he allowed 14 earned runs in 14 ¹/₃ innings in his previous three starts and then tossed 3 ²/₃ shutout innings in relief of Tobias Myers.

“It is what it is,” Peterson said of the move. “My job is to be ready whenever I get the ball and get outs. Obviously, I like to be in the rotation. That’s the situation right now. … I’m not gonna define my season by two bad starts at the beginning of the year.”

As Ronny Mauricio bashes at Triple-A Syracuse — with three homers on Tuesday — Bo Bichette’s slump continues.

Bichette’s issues haven’t come at third base — where most people predicted — but at the plate. Both Bichette and Mendoza said Tuesday the infielder, who moved from shortstop to third base this season, is hitting the ball on the ground too much and that’s impacted his power.

“I’ve had seasons like this before,” said Bichette, who went 1-for-4 in the Mets’ latest loss. “For the most part, I’ve hit the ball hard, but not the way I want to. Not in the air. I’m getting closer. I’ve got to figure it out.”

To Bichette’s point, he’s hitting the ball on the ground 54.3 percent of the time this season, compared to 47.4 percent for his career, according to Fangraphs.

And his fly ball ratio has slipped from a career 29.8 to 18.6 percent this season.

A.J. Minter is scheduled to move his rehab assignment to Triple-A Syracuse on Wednesday as he comes back from the lat injury that cost him most of last season.

Mendoza said the lefty would remain in the minors for another two weeks of rehab games, as he gets back to pitching back-to-back days and two out of three days.

“He continues to feel good,’’ the manager said. “Everything is positive.”

— Additional reporting by Andrew Crane