The MTA is hiring a behavioral expert to persuade passengers to pay their fare.

Two words: Robert De Niro.

This just in … the Mets will be raising ticket prices next year, and they have added a promotional giveaway: Jorge Lopez autographed glove day.

We will keep you posted. … Headline: “Trump campaign raises record $34.8 million in donations after guilty verdict.” Don Reed writes: “Hey if Steve Cohen runs for president, he could pay for a brand new bullpen.”

Too late MTA, Robert De Niro has just been named Mets behavioral expert.

Happy June?

We’ll see. Couple of quick picks.

The Padres are at K.C. Joe Musgrove has allowed four runs in his last 14 ¹/₃.

Play $100 on San Diego.

And Cleveland hosts the Nats.

Ben Lively has won three straight.

$50 on the Guards.

A win and a loss.

Albert Suarez allowed one run, the pen allowed one hit and the Orioles X’d out the Rays, 3-1.

But Ronel Blanco coughed up four runs and the “lost in space” Astros lost, 6-1, to the Twinks.

This banana splits. Down -892 tananas.