Mickey Callaway's Reasoning for Not Giving Jacob deGrom His Personal Catcher is Downright Stupid

Just like the Mickey of Toni Basil's hit 1982 single, "Hey Mickey," current New York Mets manager Mickey Callaway continues to blow our minds. And no, it's not because he's "so fine."

Rather, it's for his outlandish, uninspiring comments to the media following losing stretches and his moronic reasoning for not committing to Tomas Nido as Jacob deGrom's full-time catcher.

Though the second-year manager has inserted Nido behind home plate for the reigning Cy Young's last several starts, Callaway provided yet another foolish rationalization for not permanently making him deGrom's personal catcher.

Here is the Callaway quote on why he won't make Nido the personal catcher for deGrom: “We could, but then in the playoffs we would run into a sticky situation." … Callaway has not set his playoff rotation as of yet, I am told.
— Mike Puma (@NYPost_Mets) June 2, 2019

Oh, Mickey. Do you really think that your 28-30 ball club should be worrying about potential postseason predicaments? Your pitching staff is one of the worst in the National League (10th out of 15th) in terms of ERA. Your bullpen is a walking time bomb -- probably because you keep throwing Jeurys Familia out there -- and your only consistent source of offense is coming from a rookie in Pete Alonso and former castaway turned frozen rope in Jeff McNeil.

It’s funny - for some reason Mickey Callaway referred to the playoffs yesterday when talking about the Nido/deGrom combo. Playoff teams don’t keep running ineffective players out onto the field. #Mets
— Michael Baron (@michaelgbaron) June 2, 2019

Why worry about managing dire late-game situations when you can be solving an unlikely future playoff dilemma?

I’d like to know at what point Mickey Callaway is going to stop using Jeurys Familia in the 8th inning with a lead, or in any high leverage spot. It’s really a simple solution. Familia has killed the #Mets this year, and Mickey continuing to robotically use him makes it worse.
— Michael Baron (@michaelgbaron) June 2, 2019

Care to guess who Jacob's catcher was on Saturday when he tossed 6.2 innings of one run ball with 7 strikeouts and at one point retired 12 batters on just 37 pitches? Tomas freaking Nido.

We're running out of words for this guy. Callaway had better hope his Mets go on a lengthy winning streak before the All-Star break. If not, media and the fans will surely be calling for his job even more.