To Seth Lugo, the notion the Mets have six starting pitchers for five rotation spots is incorrect. Lugo says it’s actually at least seven starters for five spots.

The right-handed reliever admits he was “disappointed” following the recent additions of Rick Porcello and Michael Wacha, after believing a rotation spot would potentially be his to lose in spring training, but he told The Post on Thursday he’s still approaching the situation as if he’s a starter.

“I am going to come in and show them that I somehow prepared over the offseason for what my goals for spring were and hopefully I can stretch out a little bit, but I understand what is going on,” Lugo said. “I am going to keep working at what I want and that is the way I am going to approach it.”

Lugo, 30, was the Mets’ most dependable reliever last season, finishing 7-4 with a 2.70 ERA in 61 appearances. He concluded the season in a shared closer’s role, after disappointing Edwin Diaz was demoted from the job and Jeurys Familia also struggled.

Porcello and Wacha, who signed as free agents, join returning starters Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, Marcus Stroman and Steven Matz, giving the Mets solid rotation depth. Lugo and Robert Gsellman both have starting experience.

Lugo has heard the argument he’s too valuable in the bullpen for consideration in the rotation, but disagrees with the premise.

“If you put deGrom in the bullpen, he is going to be dominant,” Lugo said. “If you put another starter there he is going to be dominant. If you do well enough over time then hopefully you get a starting job, because that is where your aces are and that is what I’m gunning for, to be an ace.”

Lugo showed his toughness as a starter over the final two months of the 2016 season, when injuries to deGrom, Matz and Matt Harvey left the Mets desperate for help. Lugo went 5-1 with a 2.68 ERA in eight starts that season and was a significant factor in the Mets rebounding to clinch a National League wild-card berth. The following season he started 18 games for the Mets and went 7-5 with a 4.76 ERA in that role. He has pitched almost exclusively from the bullpen the past two seasons.

“I was actually talking to [new pitching coach] Jeremy Hefner after we signed Porcello and I told him, ‘I am going to keep gunning for a starting job because that is what I want to do,’ ” Lugo said. “In my eyes, that is what’s keeping me going in baseball. That is what I want to do and what is driving me to keep playing, so I am going to keep working at it and hopefully I will get a shot one day.”

Lugo said he anticipates a good working relationship with Hefner, who was still pitching in the Mets organization, rehabbing from Tommy John surgery, in 2014. That year Lugo was at Single-A St. Lucie and piggybacked Hefner on occasion in rehab starts. The two were also on teams that played against each other in college, with Hefner at Oral Roberts and Lugo at Centenary.

Lugo said Hefner has already told him he’s seen “a couple of things” on which he can improve. And Lugo is anxious to get into camp in February and implement any new ideas. In all, Lugo sees a team that should compete for the playoffs.

“We have got some offense in there and I am excited to see what these two new pitchers have got and hopefully I can show them I am on their heels come springtime,” Lugo said. “But if they can perform like they have in the past, that makes for a winning team, if you ask me. That is six real good starters. I will say seven, I am going to throw myself in there.”

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