Cano in Citi after absence

Robinson Cano made his longawaited return to the Mets on Tuesday after a mysterious absence.

“Robinson Cano is here,’’ manager Luis Rojas said during a Zoom call when asked about whether the second baseman had any chance of being ready in time for the team’s opener scheduled for July 24 against the Braves in Queens.

The Mets have an organizational policy during spring training 2.0 of not commenting on players’ absences and have noted players are not always required to be at the stadium for every workout. Cano has yet to address the media since the Mets restarted camp in Queens.

Cano later took part in practice at Citi Field, although the team decided not to play him in Tuesday night’s intrasquad game.

Rojas added there’s no precise plan for how they will get the 37year-old ready for the abbreviated season.

“We’ll go day by day,’’ Rojas said. “He looks great. He came in great shape.”

But he’s got a lot to make up for to be ready to go with less than two weeks remaining before Opening Day. And Rojas said he’ll progress based on what he’s able to do when he starts working more.

“Obviously, what we see with him [Tuesday] will dictate a lot of that,’’ Rojas said. “He’s gonna go through practice. We’re not thinking of having him play in the intrasquad game right away. He looked in great shape in the clubhouse.”

Rojas wasn’t ready to put a date on when he thought Cano would be ready for a game, but he last played in a simulated game on July 6.

➤ Dominic Smith might not have an obvious role on this Mets team, but the 25-year-old still has big plans for 2020.

Pete Alonso is at first, J.D. Davis is in left and Yoenis Cespedes and others are poised to take at-bats at DH.

“Especially with the way the season is laid out, it’s definitely a different season,” Smith said of the 60-game schedule. “I just want to come in, play hard, show what I can do and put pressure on the team to make a tough decision.”