Never mind the batting out of order fiasco, or Madden Mobile Account the curious moves like failing to double-switch in the first game of the May 28 doubleheader against the Braves resulting in Seth Lugo having to bat in the ninth inning with the tying run on first base, or the strange responses to questions from what is becoming an increasingly skeptical media corps — when Mickey Callaway made that “I’m not in Cleveland anymore, Toto” comment about the pressure in New York possibly affecting his players, most of whom have been here for a few years, you had to ask yourself: Is this really the guy who’s gonna inspire and lead this team back into the race?

If this continues, if the Mets continue to struggle even after Cespedes comes back, and the lowest ebb turns out to be the end of the season, someone, most likely the GM Sandy Alderson, is going to take the fall (after the poor hitting coach, Pat Roessler). You can’t blame Alderson for Jay Bruce having just one home run at Citi Field for his $13 million and reminding too many of Jason Bay. In his defense, Bruce is playing with plantar fasciitis and after what he did last year with the Mets and Cleveland, the three-years/$36 million looked like a pretty fair deal. Same thing with the two years/$16 million for Jason Vargas.