SNY reporter Steve Gelbs talks with The Post’s Justin Terranova about covering a losing team, Twitter hate and the biggest challenge of working alongside Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling.

Q: How is it different covering a team that’s struggling, like this Mets team is?

A: It’s been a challenge for me to think outside the box and cover it differently, while not ignoring what’s happening on the field, and being honest about it. … There are not going to be the same number of players daily who are in a great mood wanting to talk about whatever, because things haven’t gone well. You have to pick and choose your spots.

Q: How was it taking over for Kevin Burkhardt in 2015?

A: You can’t start Year 1 where he finished Year 8 — he redefined this role — in terms of an eye for stories, a delivery. I just thought about trying to get better every day.. A really important part of my development in this job was experiencing … a World Series run where it couldn’t be about me and taking over that role. It was about covering this unbelievable story day in and day out, and it got my mind on to truly the only thing that mattered.

Q: How have you dealt with social media criticism?

A: Kevin told me when I took the job, “The first note I have for you is don’t look at social media for a year, at all. Trust me, it really affected me in the beginning.” I was probably a little naïve and right off the bat my first two games filling in for Kev, it’s there, “Who the heck is this? What’s going on?” It certainly gets in your head, but I signed up for this. You are on television and people are going to have their opinions.

Q: What have you learned working with Gary, Keith and Ron?

A: I’m floored by how consistently great Gary is, and I am just not blowing smoke. There are definitely days where am I dragging and he’ll start the broadcast and I am like, “God this guy never has a down day.” And that kind of spurs me because I am only doing two to three hits a game and I have no excuse to let my guard down. With Keith and Ron it’s just the ability to see things daily that no one else does and explain it and make the viewer completely understand what they are talking about.

Q: How do you think you have fit in with them?

A: The greatest challenge for me is to try and find something that they don’t know and can add to the broadcast. Kevin told me when I was first starting that he always judged a successful report based on how much the three of those guys would then talk about it in the inning ahead. They don’t suffer fools. If you go out there and say something that doesn’t make a lot of sense they won’t talk about it. You have to bring your “A” game because they don’t settle any night.