The Mets traded Zack Short to the Red Sox for cash considerations.

The flexible infielder had been designated for assignment Friday when J.D. Martinez was activated.

Short had won a job with the team out of camp as a sure-handed fielder and went 1-for-9 in 10 games.

When Martinez was ready to join the club, the Mets faced a roster crunch and essentially chose Wendle — a similar player with more experience and a lefty hitter — over Short.

“He’s done it, been in this role a long time,” manager Carlos Mendoza said of Wendle after the Short DFA.

Without Short in the organization, the Mets recently signed veteran infielder Mike Brosseau and assigned him to Triple-A Syracuse, where the Mets also have veterans Jose Iglesias and Yolmer Sanchez as depth options with experience.

Martinez went 1-for-3 with a double a walk and a pair of strikeouts in the Mets’ 1-0 loss to the Cubs on Wednesday night at Citi Field.

He is now 4-for-16 with one walk and six strikeouts since getting two hits in his Mets debut.

Mendoza said Kodai Senga came through his live batting practice Monday well.

Senga, recovering from a shoulder strain, will get an extra day before throwing his next live batting practice Saturday, when Mendoza said he would effectively throw two innings.

Without Senga, Jose Butto got another start Wednesday and after shaky performances in his previous two outings, he was solid again.

Butto allowed just one run in six innings. He also walked just two.