When the Mets started the 2018 season with an 11-1 record, a thought like this seemed impossible: Mickey Callaway as a one-and-done manager.
But as the season gets ready to resume following the All-Star Game, Callaway’s job status is a daily conversation among Mets fans. While team performance (39-55) can’t solely be blamed on a manager, day-to-day decisions and mistakes can. From watching his team bat out of order, to eschewing routine double switches, to failing to make logical pitching changes, to seemingly getting out managed, to an odd way of developing young players, it’s been quite the first half in Flushing.