Jefry Yan announces MLB arrival with dance party as new Mets bullpen delivers in win over Guardians

CLEVELAND — Jefrey Yan announced his arrival to the major leagues Wednesday night with a dance party.A leap.A split.

A ground slap.Three times in the sixth inning the rookie reliever celebrated — twice for strikeouts and once for recording the final out.He departed to a chorus of boos at Progressive Field.The Mets received what they needed not only from Yan, but also from others in their reconstructed bullpen following the trade deadline in a 6-5 victory over the Guardians in 10 innings.

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mike Puma about the inside buzz on the Mets.Bo Bichette’s RBI single in the 10th brought in the go-ahead run before Daniel Duarte got the final three outs with the automatic runner left stranded.The victory was the second straight for the Mets, who received three homers for a second straight night: Brett Baty, Jorge Polanco and Carson Benge all went deep.Yan added the most sizzle.

The 29-year-old lefty was known in the minor leagues for his high strikeout rate, but also his demonstrative punctuation after getting strike three.It took Yan only one batter — Angel Martínez took a called third strike leading off the sixth — to show it off.He leaped into the air with a split and pounded the ground with his palm.

Two straight singles followed before Yan celebrated again, after striking out Chase DeLauter.His final act was getting Jo Adell to ground into a force out, prompting another celebration.Christian Scott needed 96 pitches to get through five innings in which he allowed three earned runs on six hits and two walks with seven strikeouts.

It followed Scott’s longest start of the season, six innings against the Braves in the nightcap of a doubleheader last week.Sign up for Inside the Yankees by Greg Joyce, exclusively on Sports+.

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