SAN DIEGO—Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon hears you laughing at him, and he doesn’t appreciate it.

Don’t bother trying to deny it. He knows you chuckle every time he steps up to the plate. He knows the crowd roars whenever he makes contact with the ball and hauls his 285-pound frame to first base, as if his at-bats were a perverse form of absurdist performance art.

Even Major League Baseball’s official website has joined in on the fun, running a feature this season tracking and grading each of Colon’s plate appearances, accompanied by a picture of him mid-swing, looking ridiculous. This week, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred told reporters in Detroit that Colon was reason enough to deprive the National League of the designated hitter, saying, “It’s been a great source of entertainment for me.”

He didn’t mean it as a compliment.

“Nobody likes to be embarrassed at any level, and he knows people are laughing at him when he hits,” Mets manager Terry Collins said. “I think he took it a little personally.”