With the baseball season now underway, Mets infielder Jose Reyes takes a swipe at some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby.

Q: Have you pictured in your mind what it would be like to win a World Series in New York?

A: Wow. We just want that to happen, and then we see how big that’s gonna be, not just for us, for the whole city of New York. I can’t imagine. … I see the guys from ’86, they’re still coming here doing stuff every time. You see them and I say, “Man, imagine if we win World Series here in this city.” I mean … wow.

Q: How would you describe the atmosphere when the Mets are in a pennant race in September?

A: Unbelievable. The energy the fans bring … not only in September, I feel like they bring energy the whole season long. That’s why I like it here, I like the intensity, I like the energy that everybody brings. But to get in a pennant race in September, that’s priceless here. Because everybody got into that like real hard.

Q: What is your on-field mentality?

A: It’s all about taking care of business. It’s all about do whatever I need to help my ballclub win games. I smile sometimes, but at the same time, I know that I have a job to do.

Q: So you’re smiling on the outside but you’re not smiling on the inside.

A: Exactly.

Q: What is the biggest adjustment you’ve had to make playing third base?

A: Everything happens there so quick, like you don’t have no time. At shortstop, it’s a little bit farther so you got more time to make a play, but at third base it’s happening in a second, so you have to be ready every pitch.

Q: Do you miss shortstop?

A: I played shortstop basically all my career, so that’s my position. But I don’t feel uncomfortable at all on third base. It’s easy for me because I don’t have to move too much. And still Terry [Collins, manager] told me that once in a while he’s gonna put me at shortstop, so I don’t have a problem with it.

Q: Describe shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera.

A: He’s gonna catch the routine play, that’s the key. Every time you make the routine play that’s a plus, so he’s able to do that.

Q: Do you feel for David Wright, who is sidelined again — this time with a shoulder injury?

A: It’s hard for me just to see him coming in here every day and work so hard and still not be able to go play the game that he loves. We have a great relationship. I never think that I’m gonna be playing his position here. I tell him, “Just get healthy. When you’re healthy, you’re gonna prove to everybody what you can do on the field.”

Q: How scary is Yoenis Cespedes in the batter’s box for the opposing pitcher?

A: I don’t want to face Cespedes. I don’t want to throw this guy a strike. Because I know if he throws a strike to this guy, at some point he’s gonna hit a homer. Every time that I saw Cespedes in the batter’s box, I feel like he’s gonna do some damage to a pitcher.

Q: He loves New York, too.

A: Before he signed here this year, we got in touch together, we called each other back and forth. I told him, “Man, you love New York, you got a great fan base here. So try to work something out to try to stay here.” You want to play as a baseball player, you want to play where you feel comfortable, you know, when you got your fans behind you and the whole city, you feel comfortable to play for that ballclub. I told him, “Man, if you feel comfortable here, try to work something out.” He told me from the beginning, “I want to stay. I don’t want to go nowhere, but it has to be the right price.”

Q: So you helped recruit him.

A: The first call that he made was to me.

Q: The Wilpons should thank you for keeping him.

A: You know, I try my best, man (laugh).

Q: How do you think Derek Jeter would be as an owner?

A: He’d be good, I mean, because he knows the game, he played the game for a long time, and he knows what it takes to be successful and stuff in this game because he played such a long time.

Q: If Jeter owned the Marlins when you were there, do you think he would have traded you?

A: (Smile) Wow. What a question. I don’t know, that’s a hard question. Maybe that’s part of the deal that they have there like if you don’t work out for a year we’re gonna trade everybody.

Q: You two knew each other.

A: It’s not a matter, do you know the guy? It’s not about how we are good friends. Baseball’s a business.

Q: Would you ever want to be an owner?

A: (Smile) Right now, no.

Q: Someday?

A: Not in my head (laugh).

Q: Personal goals?

A: I don’t try to focus too much on personal goals, but think I’m close to 2,000 hits. I think I’m 20-something away from 2,000 and like 12 stolen bases from 500. I’m here to help the ballclub as much as I can, but those are some cool numbers that I want to accomplish.

Q: How old do you feel?

A: Twenty-something years old, 23 (smile)! I still have the same joy for the game, and my body feels good. It’s hard to believe I’m gonna be 34 [on June 11].

Q: What’s it like playing third base when Noah Syndergaard is on the mound?

A: Wow. Thank God I’m on his side (smile). Most of the people hitting, it’s gonna be in the air, or he’s gonna strike out a lot of people, because nobody’s gonna hit too many groundballs to third base when you face Syndergaard because he throws 100. For a right-handed hitter, you’re always gonna be late. Some guys maybe gonna be on time, but most of the guys are gonna be late. So that’s the only part that I miss, because I don’t have too much action on third base, but other than that I love to play behind him.

Q: If you could face any pitcher in the history of baseball to test your skills, who would you pick?

A: Nolan Ryan. I know back then, he was one of the hardest-throwing pitchers. I’d love to face a guy like that.

Q: If you sit down with one hitter and pick his brain, who would you pick?

A: Tony Gwynn. He was a complete hitter. He hit the ball all over the place, it’s no matter where the pitcher throw the ball. If he throw in the middle, he’s gonna go right through the middle. If he throw away, he’s gonna go opposite field. If he throw inside, he’s gonna pull the ball. It’s unbelievable. Not too many hitters can do that.

Q: Why didn’t it work out for you with the Marlins?

A: I don’t know, I feel like I had a very good year the only year that I played there [2012]. I thought I was gonna be there the whole six years, but in baseball, you never know what’s gonna happen because it’s a business.

Q: Was that disappointing?

A: To go out as a trade right away in the first year, it not only surprised me, it surprised everybody. [Owner Jeffrey Luria] told me to buy a house there. I almost [bought] it. He [said] get a good place here where your daughter can have a good school to go and good place to be because you’re gonna be here for a long time.

Q: Did you ever talk to him after you were traded?

A: No but I talked to [team president] David Samson. The next year we went to play there the WBC, he was there in the stadium. This year the WBC he went to the locker room and [said] hello to me and stuff.

Q: What did you tell him that next year after the trade?

A: I remember he told me like, “Oh, sorry Jose, it did not work out for us.” I said, “I understand. You guys gave me the opportunity to sign a long contract. It’s no hard feelings. Did I expect here to be longer? Yeah I don’t feel happy because of that, but I appreciate everything you guys did for me.”

Q: What was your Toronto experience like, 2013-15?

A: Unbelievable. I love it. I had some opportunity to play with some Dominican friends — [Edwin] Encarnacion, [Jose] Bautista, Melky Cabrera — and they treat me very well in Toronto. And the city embraced me.

Q: Describe your experience in Colorado in 2015.

A: I think that’s the first time that I [felt] frustrated in baseball [was] when I got traded to Colorado. Don’t take anything away from the team, but when I got traded there, I [felt] like it wasn’t me. … I was a little bit unhappy.

Q: What was the most frustrating point?

A: My family’s gonna be far away from me. And when you come from a Toronto team to a team in Colorado, who lost like basically 90-something games every year, when you get traded to a team like that, I know that I had a job to do and try to do my job, but it’s hard, man, when you’re coming into a losing environment, it’s tough.

Q: Did you dream about returning to New York?

A: I dreamed that, but at the same time I [said], “Man, that’s gonna be impossible for me to come back to the Mets.” But at the same time, I still have that in the back of my mind, because I live here in New York, and every time that I go around, people are gonna ask me, “When are you coming back? Come back please!” and stuff. That always stayed in my mind like, “Man, people want me to come back.” I wish one day I come back to the Mets and finish my career there.

Q: How did you feel when Mets fans cheered you after your domestic violence incident in Hawaii?

A: Wow. Wow. To be honest with you, coming in here, I [didn’t] even know what to expect. Some people boo me and stuff, but most people were cheering. Not only last year, but through my career, in a lot of up and downs, they’re still behind me. I can’t even describe the emotions that I have. And like I say, I didn’t even know what to expect because the terrible mistake that I make and people still love me.

Q: What did counseling teach you?

A: Just to be a better person, better husband, better dad.

Q: Describe winning the batting title in 2011.

A: It meant a lot, because I think I was the first Met player to win a batting title.

Q: But you got some criticism for asking out of the game.

A: People don’t understand like me and Terry, we had that already before the game. It wasn’t like I get a base hit and I walk to the dugout like, “Oh no, I don’t want to play no more.” No.

Q: How are you a different hitter now?

A: I don’t have the same speed that I used to have. When you have speed, if you put the ball in play, you have a good chance to get a hit and to get on base. I still have some speed, but not the same that I had before.

Q: But you have enough speed to steal how many bases?

A: Not 60. Not 50. Probably 30, 35.

Q: Do you like hitting in the leadoff spot?

A: I love it. … I feel like 2006 and 2007, we led the league in scoring runs in the first inning. Every time you score a run in the first inning, that’s pressure for the other team.

Q: How many triples will you hit this year?

A: It just depends how many balls I put in the gap. I still, every time that I put a ball in the gap, I’m gonna try [take] to third base. … With less than two outs, that’s gonna be easy for everybody behind me, so that’s why I would push the envelope to get to third base because I know if I get to third base, we’re gonna have a great opportunity to score a run.

Q: Do you think you can play until 40?

A: I’m gonna take it year by year. The way that I feel, I say, “Yeah. Why not?”

Q: Favorite restaurant?

A: Toku is the one that I go to the most.

Q: Jose Reyes Stadium in your hometown in the Dominican Republic.

A: I had an opportunity to build that stadium a couple of years back. So I had opportunity to make the stadium better for people there. That field was a mess.

Q: No more Professor Reyes.

A: I’m teaching dancing now (smile).

Q: So are you the best dancer on the best?

A: One of the best (smile).

Q: Is this the best Mets team you’ve been on?

A: 2006 we had a very good team, but this one, talent-wise? I think this is the best team that I ever have. 2006 we had a lot of pitchers coming in from Triple-A and stuff because Pedro Martinez was hurt, [Orlando] “El Duque” Hernandez was hurt.

Q: How would you compare the 2006 lineup to this lineup?

A: A little bit different because you have me stealing 60 bases. You have David Wright stealing 30 bases, too. But this is a power lineup, so everybody’s capable here to hit 20 homers, so that’s good to have.