They’re the Amazin’ Mets, but also the Superstitious Mets, the club that made rally caps cool, whose fans always blame some curse for its misfortunes.

So, Jake Mangum, selected in the fourth-round of last week’s amateur draft out of Mississippi State, should fit in just fine. Allow his team’s equipment manager, Jalen Stone, to explain:

“He walks in with his bat [last weekend] and he says, ‘Hey, just so you know, I’m taking the bat home with me, I’m going to bring it back tomorrow,’ ” Stone recently recalled over the phone, still stunned Mangum had gone four games without a hit. “And I said, ‘Oh, OK, that’s fine.’ He was going to sleep with it. I think he was trying to get the bad Ju-Ju off of him.

“He kind of jokingly said, ‘Maybe we should sacrifice a live chicken.’”

A chicken, jokingly or not, wasn’t handy, so Stone instead rubbed the barrel of the bat with ice because Mangum was “kind of cold right now so the bat’s gotta get cold,” and then used a steamer reserved for the team’s uniforms to heat it back up.

The next day, he brought Mangum eight pieces of Kentucky Fried Chicken to chow down as a substitute for the sacrifice before facing Miami, and the one they call “The Mayor of Starkville,” went 3-for-4 with a pair of runs in a win over the Hurricanes. Two days later, the Mets scooped him up with the 118th pick.

Of course Mangum hasn’t had to rely on rituals all that much. The 6-foot-1 switch-hitting center fielder, whose square jaw, dirty blonde hair and blue eyes scream Tim Tebow All-American, was bred by a family of athletes. His father, John Jr. (Bears, nine seasons), uncle, Kris (Panthers, 10 seasons) and grandfather, John (Boston Patriots, two seasons) played in the old AFL and NFL.

After junior high, Mangum followed his heart to baseball full-time, ditching the gridiron where he played wide receiver and defensive back. Asked if his dad would rather see him follow the family business, he said with a chuckle, “I think playing professional baseball is good enough.”

At 23, and ready to sign professionally once the college season ends, Mangum is inching closer to his MLB dream. He wasn’t surprised to see the Mets take another chance on him in the 2019 draft, after he turned their draft selection down the year before.

He’s projected as a fourth or fifth major league outfielder.

“Really good hitter. Plays hard. Gives quality at-bats. Solid defender,” one major league scout said. “He should hit right away after he signs.”

Mangum was SEC freshman of the year in 2016, and the program won the conference championship the same season in one of baseball’s toughest fields. He also holds the conference record for most career hits — 372 and counting. And he’s the unofficial Mayor of Starkville, which those around the program says fits like the glove he used to leap into the Mississippi air to rob a grand slam Saturday night against Stanford in the NCAA Super Regional.

He’s the “glue,” Mississippi State superfan Hobie Hobart said, that’s kept the program afloat through four different coaches.

Said Stone, also a lifelong Bulldogs fan: “There’s been two athletes, coaches that have impacted this community quite like he has, and that was him and [Dallas Cowboys quarterback] Dak Prescott.”

But one box remains unchecked for Mangum.

“Man, I want to bring a national championship back to Mississippi State,” Mangum said, the intensity rising in his voice.

The College World Series now stands in his way — just don’t forget to bring a chicken to Omaha.