New York Mets manager Mickey Callaway provided updates on a few topics ahead of Wednesday’s game at home versus Arizona.

Callaway confirmed that backstop Wilson Ramos would get Thursday’s series finale against the D-Backs off after catching four consecutive games, tentatively putting him in line to catch right-hander Noah Syndergaard on Friday, the first of three with the NL West-champion Dodgers at Citi Field.

“Yeah [..], somebody else will more than likely catch tomorrow,” adding that Ramos catching Syndergaard on Friday is a “likely possibility”, then expanded on the subject a bit more.

“Well, we haven’t posted that lineup yet; anything can happen. So I wouldn’t just go ahead and print, ‘he’s catching that day’ because anything can happen.”

“But, Noah obviously understands at this point that whoever’s in the lineup, he’s going to go and compete against. He’s recognized that to me, I think he’s recognized that to everybody, and I’m proud of him for that.”

“I think [Syndergaard and Ramos] are total professionals and everybody in that room understands that ‘you know what, I might get to play, this guy might get to play’, but they’re all going to go out there and give their best effort. I’m not really concerned about [Syndergaard and Ramos’ rapport].”

Jeff McNeil, hitting third for the Mets on Wednesday, “loves hitting third”, as per Callaway, who said moving McNeil down in the order and shifting Amed Rosario back into the leadoff spot is “maximizing what we can do against a lefty”.

Southpaw Robbie Ray gets the ball for Arizona on Wednesday, with another left-hander, Alex Young, taking the hill on Thursday afternoon. Let’s see how this pans out and if it sticks moving forward.

The Mets’ skipper also chimed in on McNeil’s recent struggles at the plate. Though, through Callaway’s eyes, apparently, things aren’t all that bad for The Squirrel.

“I think he’s hitting balls at people but he’s still performing at a high rate. I think he’s hitting .300 with a 1.000 OPS or something […] We’ve seen the power since he came back.”

Since returning from the IL on August 24 (66 PA), McNeil is slashing .250/.318/.450 with three homers, a .245 BABIP and 57.7% groundball rate.

Callaway filled the Mets’ media corps in on Brandon Nimmo‘s progress since being activated off the 60-day injured list last week, telling reporters, “he feels really good, enough to start multiple games in a row”.

Since returning to the Mets on September 1 (nine games; 28 plate appearances), the 28-year-old Wyoming native has gone 3-for-16 with a double, four RBIs, 11 walks, and eight strikeouts.

Mets’ right-handed reliever Robert Gsellman is “feeling great”, as per Callaway, and has advanced to the long-tossing segment of his rehab process.

Gsellman, 26, hit the IL on August 14 with what was officially diagnosed as “right triceps soreness”, though reports of a partially torn lateral muscle have circulated in recent weeks.