3 UP

1. Come Go with Me

Between injuries and ineffectiveness, the Mets finally instilled Dominic Smith as their left fielder. With the caveat that this is an EXTREMELY small sample size, Smith is hitting .359/.519/.609 with a 1 DRS when he’s a left fielder.

No, Smith can not possibly keep up that level of production, but that’s also not the point. The point is Smith came to Spring Training in great shape, with his sleep apnea treated, and willing to do whatever he can to help the Mets win.

He hasn’t complained about being a bench player, and he’s been thrilled when Pete Alonso succeeds. With this positive an attitude, it’s no wonder he’s been producing and was ready to come up big in that spot.

2. The Real Jake Is Back

We saw him to start the season, and there were glimpses here and there. But seeing Jacob deGrom in Arizona, we can say he’s back.

After allowing a leadoff single to Jarrod Dyson, deGrom retired the next 16 batters in a row. He allowed just one earned on five hits while walking one and striking out seven over 6.2 innings. With him at 89 pitches, he likely would’ve gone at least eight if he hadn’t felt a hip cramp, which went away almost immediately.

Since May 1, deGrom has allowed two earned or fewer in six of his seven starts. He has a 4.6 K/BB. This was the deGrom we saw all last year.

3. Wilpons Favorite Team Won

Yes, the Mets lost two out of three against the Diamondbacks including a game they absolutely should have won. That’s the bad news.

The good news is the Mets actually made up a game in the standings over the weekend because the Dodgers swept the Phillies.

Look, it’s really easy to get down right now, but this is a depleted roster playing competitively. They’re still very alive in these races. Of course, much sooner rather than later, they’re going to not have to rely on another team doing their dirty work for them.

3 DOWN

1. Mickey Can’t Win

Everyone was all over Mickey Callaway for the Mets blowing a four run lead on Saturday.

Apparently, it was stupid to pinch run Juan Lagares for Pete Alonso in the eighth and move Smith from left to first because he should’ve foreseen Alonso’s spot in the order was going to come up in the 11th inning of a game where the team had a four run lead.

He was also supposed to pitch Drew Gagnon, who blew it in his last two appearances. Maybe he was supposed to pitch Wilmer Font (5.86 ERA) or Tyler Bashlor, who had a string of three straight blown saves before losing this game.

Point is Callaway has no good decisions to make here. Just less bad ones. For him, that meant Jeurys Familia, who had four scoreless appearances over a five appearance stretch, and Robert Gsellman pitching for the fourth time in five days.

There are things Callaway has done wrong and areas where he has struggled as a manager. Using defensive replacements and not trusting a group of near and over 5.00 ERA relievers isn’t one of them.

That’s really an issue with how poorly this team has been constructed and how this team who’s supposedly all-in isn’t in on Craig Kimbrel.

2. Eye for Talent

The players Brodie Van Wagenen obtained this offseason have combined to amass a -0.7 WAR. All those machinations and all those prospects gone for a whole lot of poor production.

So far, his best free agent signing was Adeiny Hechavarria. Overall, Hechavarria is the second best player obtained by Van Wagenen.

There are many ways to describe just how poorly constructed this team is. In no slight to Hechavarria, who is playing the best baseball of his career, him being your best position player acquisition should never be true.

Just something to think about while Adam Jones is hitting game tying homers, and Callaway is left flipping coins to decide between Carlos Gomez and Aaron Altherr, who has actually been worse than Broxton.

3. Figueroa Out

In very short order, Nelson Figueroa has gone from lead postgame analyst to former SNY employee. In true Mets fashion, instead of just demoting and firing Figueroa, the team has to put out assaults against his professionalism.

As first reported by Andrew Marchand of the NY Post, Figueroa was dismissed as he was “described by sources as a state not fit to work.”

The obvious and unfair insinuation drawn from that is Figueroa is dealing with a substance abuse issue. It’s a play right out of James Dolan’s handling of the Charles Oakley situation.

Sitting here, none of us know what Figueroa did or did not do to deserve termination, if he deserved it at all. What he didn’t deserve was this information “leaking” to the press. It’s shameful the Mets would stoop to this level.