The Post’s Steve Serby chatted with the Mets newcomer who is starting in left field in place of the injured Moises Alou.

Q: You have two daughters Angelina (3) and Briana (2 months). How did the birth of Angelina change your life?

A: I used to be kind of a wild kid when I was growing up. I used to like going out, and I didn’t understand life and my job that much. But then, when you start a family, that’s how you realize that now you gotta take care of your job, you gotta feed your family. That’s a responsibility that you have right now, and you change from a young guy to a man. ‘Cause you don’t want to take baseball for granted. If you take baseball for granted, you’re not gonna be here for long. When my wife got pregnant, I was in Double-A, and you don’t make that much in Double-A. You want to make more. You want to keep doing better and better so your family can have a better life.

Q: How wild were you?

A: (Smiles) Partying every day . . . doing nothing bad . . . staying out late. You might not feel it when you’re young, but then as you get older, you’re gonna feel it.

Q: Describe Angelina.

A: A lot of energy (chuckles). She’s something she’s really smart, she’s a beautiful girl. We talk a lot.

Q: What do you talk about?

A: Anything she wants . . . cartoons, who she plays with . . . Do you like to dance. Do you love daddy? And she wants to marry daddy, that’s what she says (chuckles).

Q: You change diapers?

A: I do, yeah. I shower my daughters, I do everything so my wife doesn’t have to do that much.

Q: Are you good at it?

A: Yeah, I’m very good (smiles).

Q: Describe your wife, Windy.

A: You’re looking for a great woman that is gonna be a good mother to your child, no matter if you make it to the big leagues or not, she’s gonna be there for you.

Q: You were a Brooklyn Cyclones sex symbol; did she get jealous?

A: At first, yeah, ’cause she wasn’t used to this, but then she understands, and now she doesn’t care. She understands that I love her and I’m truthful to her.

Q: What did the girls scream from the stands?

A: (Smiles) “Angel, I love you.” “Angel will you marry me?” “Angel, you’re beautiful!” Stuff like that. It was crazy, but it was nice at the same time.

Q: Growing up in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico?

A: I was in a bad neighborhood. Even though there were a lot of drugs involved, they respected us because we were athletes.

Q: How poor were you?

A: Sometimes my dad had to borrow money so we can have food . . . But we were always happy.

Q: What were the fields like?

A: Terrible. A lot of rocks in the dirt, the grass was like this high. But when you’re a kid, you don’t care if you play in a backyard, whatever, you’re gonna have fun.

Q: Your mother was your manager?

A: She used to play softball. I was 5 years old.

Q: After your father passed away, you promised him you would make the big leagues.

A: I was in Triple-A in 2005. I said, “You might not be here with us, but I know, I’m gonna promise you, that I will make it to the big leagues, and you’re still gonna see me in the big leagues.” And it was a push for me. I want to have a successful career so if he’s watching me, he’ll be proud of me.

Q: Do you feel like you belong?

A: Of course I do. I can bring a lot to the table. I can run, I can throw, I can play defense, I can hit. I can do everything. I think I can help a club in a big way.

Q: What was it like battling colitis last year?

A: Oh, you don’t want to know. It was terrible. I lost 20 pounds during the season, getting dizzy during the game. I know myself, and I know I’m not gonna tell anybody, ’cause I’m a warrior I’ll go to the end.

Q: How bad was it?

A: It was like having a sour stomach the whole day every day. You couldn’t concentrate having all this pain and thinking what you have inside of you, “Is it bad?” I don’t wish this (on) my enemy.

Q: What did you think of Wrigley the first time you saw it?

A: “Oh my goodness, I’m part of history now!” That’s what I said (smiles).

Q: Lou Piniella?

A: He keeps the game under control, and that’s what you need. . . . If he has to tell you something, he will.

Q: Dusty Baker?

A: Having Dusty in the clubhouse is like having another teammate.

Q: You became the first player in major league history to hit your first two home runs on your birthday (July 2, 2006, when you turned 25).

A: Ohmigod! That was a memorable day; It’s just gonna be in my heart forever.

Q: Who was the pitcher?

A: Cliff Politte (of the White Sox).

Q: Jose Reyes?

A: I always knew he was gonna be a star.

Q: Carlos Beltran?

A: Right now, he’s my favorite hitter. If you want to be good, you gotta be around the greatest, so that’s what I’m doing right now.

Q: Johan Santana?

A: The best pitcher in the world.

Q: Worst minor league bus ride?

A: New Jersey to South Carolina. I had to double up with somebody else. I couldn’t have my own seat.

Q: When you played for the Cyclones, you and some teammates slept on a cot in a high school classroom. Did you get a sore back?

A: Oh yeah, every day (smiles). But you were young back then, so you didn’t feel that that much. . . . But right now, I would be killed (chuckles).

Q: You plan on visiting your Cyclone friends and fans this summer. Will you have a Nathan’s hot dog?

A: My wife loves Nathan’s hot dogs!

A: Will she ride the Cyclone with you?

A: She will.

Q: What was it like the first time you went on it?

A: It was scary . . . but after that, I wanted to do it over and over.

Q: Favorite childhood memory?

A: When my father bought me my first pair of spikes.

Q: You liked Juan Gonzalez and Bernie Williams growing up.

A: (Bernie) let me borrow his batting glove. That was huge for me.

Q: Favorite movie?

A: “The Passion of the Christ.”

Q: Favorite actor?

A: Will Smith.

Q: Favorite actress?

A: Angelina Jolie.

Q: Favorite meal?

A: Rice and beans.