During an 18-minute interview about his background, his life-changing offseason and his future, new Mets utilityman Zack Short spoke most passionately when a touchy subject arose.

“Don’t get me started,” Short said when asked about Aaron Rodgers possibly returning to Short’s beloved Jets this season. “I have spent so many — a disturbing amount of minutes, probably close to hours — thinking about this over the last 13 weeks. As a fan, I went from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows in the matter of what, 15 minutes [when Rodgers got hurt]?

“There are some funny pictures that my girlfriend took of me watching the game with my dog. And we’re all smiles in the first quarter. Literally — the game started at 8:20. By 8:31, it looks like I got hit by a bus.”

One of the newest Mets and technically the second major league player claimed by new club president David Stearns (preceded only by righty Penn Murfee, who then was waived and claimed by the Braves), Short is a massive Jets fan and native of Kingston.