It looks like Todd Frazier has a new adversary — one who is willing to put a “dent in his skull.”

Jake Arrieta was steaming mad about Frazier being mad. He called out the Mets’ third baseman, who was ejected after angrily reacting to getting hit by an Arrieta changeup in the fifth inning of the Mets’ 6-5 victory over the Phillies at Citi Field on Saturday night.

“Frazier’s not happy about it, he can come see me,” Arrieta said. “I’ll put a dent in his skull.”

After getting hit by a pitch for the seventh time this year — and the third time by the Phillies — Frazier slammed down his bat and had some choice words for Arrieta as he walked to first base, with catcher J.T. Realmuto in his way. When home plate umpire Tripp Gibson warned both sides, Frazier grew further incensed and was thrown out.

“He didn’t say s–t to me,” Arrieta said. “He talked to the ump 25 feet away. I said come out there. He didn’t come out there.”

Tripp said he issued the warnings because “emotions were running [high]” and he didn’t want the situation to escalate. Frazier was unavailable for comment.

Two batters later, Arrieta hit Amed Rosario with another changeup to load the bases, but wasn’t tossed despite the warning because Gibson viewed it as unintentional. Mets manager Mickey Callaway stormed out of the dugout and was thrown out himself.

“He didn’t think he was intentionally throwing at him. And I get that part, but, I mean, damn, we just got one of our guys thrown out because of the whole debacle and their guy gets to stay in,” Callaway said.

It worked out for the Mets. Tomas Nido cleared the bases with a double to give the Mets the lead for good. In the seventh, Robert Gsellman hit Jean Segura with a fastball, but like Arrieta, he wasn’t ejected, because Gibson deemed it unintentional.

The two teams had bad blood earlier in the season. In April, after Jacob Rhame threw a fastball behind Rhys Hoskins in the ninth inning of a game the Mets were ahead big, the dugouts cleared and warnings were issued. Hoskins went deep the next night and took his time rounding the bases, finishing in 34.23 seconds, the longest trot in the Statcast era.

“You know what, everyone’s aware of things that happened in the past,” Gibson said, when asked if those circumstances factored into the handling of Saturday night’s situation.

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