Levine barbs in arbitration irk Betances

Dellin Betances doesn’t feel he needs to talk with Randy Levine after the Yankees president called the reliever a victim of “over- thetop demands based on very little sense of reality” by his representatives at an arbitration hearing Friday that was won by the team.

Betances will be paid $ 3 million rather than his $ 5 million request.

After the decision was announced Saturday, Levine said he felt bad that Betances “was used that way by his agents.”

“I don’t feel like I need to speak to him,” Betances said Sunday. “I don’t know how they feel on their part. I’m just going to try to get ready, prepare for the season. Try to help my teammates as much as I can win ballgames and perform the best I can.”

Betances said Saturday he was prepared to move forward until Levine’s comments.

“You’re just not going to get over it as easy,” Betances said.

The 28- year- old Betances, a three- time All- Star, went 3- 6 with a 3.08 ERA and 12 saves last year.

“This kid is a fierce competitor,’’ manager Joe Girardi said. ‘‘ This kid is a great teammate. This kid has always given us everything he has, and I think he’ll continue to do that. I’m not really concerned about that. I think he’ll be just fine.”

Players’ union chief Tony Clark called Levine’s comments “unprecedented” and “unprofessional.”

Roster moves

The Dodgers traded veteran lefthander Vidal Nuno ( 12 holds in 55 games for the Mariners in 2016) to the Orioles for minor- league righthander Ryan Moseley.

The Yankees signed pitcher Jon Niese to a minor- league deal. Niese, a long- time Met, was 8- 7 in 20 starts for the Mets and Pirates in 2016.