There’s a lot riding on Mickey Callaway’s Mets future

Let’s play along that Mets officials will meet this week and that Mickey Callaway’s fate is yet to be determined.

In that scenario, the Mets will have to ponder this: If they bring Callaway back, it will almost certainly be as a lame duck. Does anyone really see the Wilpons/Brodie Van Wagenen tacking a year or more onto his contract just to give him peace of mind and some leverage?

So the Mets would be sending a lame duck back into a clubhouse in which no one would use “beloved” or “respected” to describe the manager. Callaway is not disliked. He just lacks the emotional tether or tactical esteem that creates sturdy support.

Thus, what happens if rather than one of those excellent starts the…