Despite the New York Mets sub .500 record so far this season, it is still way too soon for fans to hit the panic button on this team.
Sure, it’s been a bleak week for the Mets (a whole month actually), highlighted by: the Robinson Cano–Michael Conforto on-field collision in D.C. that sent Conforto to the IL with a concussion; Cano’s position at the center of a media firestorm for not running out two ground balls in Miami; Mickey Callaway’s tenuous hold on the managerial job after being swept by the last-place Miami Marlins; and the gut-punching news of Yoenis Céspedes’ ankle fracture, ending any hopes of a return to the Mets lineup later this season.