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Now is not time for Mets to get picky with starting pitching help

First game back home, trying to avoid a return to .500, and Mickey Callaway performed his tribute to the “Nothing to see here! Please disperse!” sequence in “The Naked Gun,” when Lieutenant Frank Drebin downplays the seismic fireworks exploding behind him.

“It’s not concerning,” the Mets manager said Monday afternoon, referring to his starting pitchers’ recent downturn. “Actually I’ve seen this before many times. You take a 10-to-12 game sample size out of any staff and it’s not gonna look great.

“… We’ve got very talented guys that work very hard. That are competitors. They’re gonna be fine.