KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Mets fans should have Chase Utley to loathe for at least another season.

“One hundred percent he is playing next year,” Utley’s representative, Joel Wolfe, told The Post.

There had been suspicion Utley might retire because his appeal hearing for his two-game suspension for his takeout slide of Ruben Tejada was moved from last Monday to an unspecified date next spring. The thought was why have a hearing if Utley might decide to call it a career during the winter.

However, once it could not expedite a hearing while the Dodgers were still in the postseason, MLB decided to push back the process so as not to overshadow the postseason or Hot Stove League.

Utley’s slide in Game 2 of the Division Series against the Mets broke Ruben Tejada’s leg. Utley was not penalized by the on-field umpires. But MLB chief baseball officer Joe Torre handed out a two-game suspension, ruling Utley’s slide was illegal. Utley appealed and MLB wanted to hear the case while Los Angeles was still in the playoffs so that Utley could be punished immediately. However, a player has two weeks to assemble a case and, thus, there was the initial delay.

Now, Utley’s case could impact if he misses two games next regular season. The Dodgers will decline his $15 million 2016 option, making Utley a free agent. However, he turns 37 in December and is coming off his worst season in which he hit .212 for the Phillies and Dodgers with just a .629 OPS.

The Dodgers could conceivably want him back at decreased pay, but as opposed to what would have been in his prime, Utley will not have a robust market.