Mejia ready to make his return

SAN FRANCISCO — Jenrry Mejia’s punishment is over, and the Mets will try to move on from the reliever’s gross misjudgment.

The righthander was on his way into town Monday night as the Mets defeated the Giants 30, and will be removed from the suspended list before the Mets face the Giants on Tuesday.

Mejia was suspended 80 games on April 11, after results of a random drug test showed he had tested positive for the steroid Stanozolol.

Manager Terry Collins said he expects Mejia to speak with teammates — either as a group or individually — before settling into the bullpen in an unspecified role.

Does Mejia owe anybody an apology?

“That’s up to him,” Bobby Parnell said. “He made his decisions andwe understand what he did and if he wants to do that, that is something he should do.”

When Mejia left the Mets, he was still considered the closer— though he had been placed on the disabled list with elbow swelling three days earlier.

In his absence, Jeurys Familia has emerged as one of the game’s best closers, with 23 saves in 25 chances.

Mejia and Familia are close friends, but the two largely remained out of contact during the suspension.

“I wanted to give him a break,” Familia said. “Sometimes I would call to say ‘ Hi,’ but that was about it.”

Familia said the bullpen will improve with Mejia back.

“He’s a great pitcher who had a pretty good season last year,” Familia said. “He’s going to help a lot to the team. We need him.”

Ideally, the Mets would like Mejia to emerge as the steady eighthinning presence the team has lacked for much of the season.

Carlos Torres filled that role early in the season before Erik Goeddel got a shot. Recently, Collins has used Bobby Parnell and Hansel Robles in the eighth.

“It’s another arm and another good arm,” Parnell said. “[ Mejia] is going to be a vital part going down the road, so it’s going to help the bullpen.”