Firing Mickey Callaway Won't Solve the Mets' Problems

We'll be the first to admit that we've been overly critical of Mickey Callaway this season. But more often that not, it's been warranted.

His repeated, outlandish rationalizations to refuse to commit to Tomas Nido as Jacob deGrom's personal catcher, despite the former Cy Young's putrid numbers with Wilson Ramos behind the plate, speaks for itself. On numerous occasions, he's made head-scratching, alarmingly-confident comments to the media in his faith that the Mets will turn it around, despite there being zero evidence to suggest it.

And to top it all off, Mickey unleashed on a reporter last week and created even more clubhouse drama.

DESPITE all of the that, giving him the boot would solve next to nothing for the Mets.

We aren't asserting that Callaway deserves to keep the job, but let's keep a few things in perspective, people.

General manager Brodie Van Wagenen deserves the front of the blame. He constructed New York's historically bad bullpen, and traded two of the club's top prospects for a washed up Robinson Cano and walking blown save that is Edwin Diaz.

Mickey is simply improvising with the inadequate cards that Brodie dealt him. He can't go out and do the job of his players. Every arm he turns to into the bullpen virtually implodes upon stepping foot on the mound.

We'd be extremely hard-pressed to concede the notion that even the game's best managers could manage a record north of .500 with this compilation of players.

Just like firing pitching coach Dave Eiland and bullpen coach Chuck Hernandez (FYI: things got considerably worse after doing so), ousting Mickey just isn't the answer, despite Mets fans clamoring for his expulsion.