The Mets pitching staff has the third worst ERA in baseball, behind only the Baltimore Orioles and Cincinnati Reds.

Starters haven’t been able to give the team length and the bullpen has been horrendous, as evident by a collective team ERA of 4.94.

Saturday night, Seth Lugo was brilliant for five innings, but after crashing back to earth his day was over less than an inning later.

Paul Sewald allowed two runs in relief of Lugo, and Fernando Salas followed suit by yielding two runs of his own.

It’s been a brutal year for Salas, who many thought had turned a corner after he was acquired by the Mets at the end of the 2016 season.

The 32-year-old’s ERA is an alarming 6.00, but that’s not the only alarming thing about Salas who the Mets chose to keep over recently DFA’d Josh Edgin.

Salas’ 2017 season is just a microcosm of the pitching woes the team has endured this year.

While it’s too late now to correct it as the Mets have fallen way out of contention, it’s time to end the Salas experiment and get some fresh arms up here in the majors.

Mets general manager Sandy Alderson is seemingly aware that the bullpen needs a complete overhaul, as he went out and acquired five relievers at the deadline.

AJ Ramos was a good get and Drew Smith along with Jamie Callahan could be up here as soon as September, but a lot must be done in the offseason to improve our bullpen.

Until then, the Mets have a couple options at Triple-A Las Vegas that deserve a trial period, especially with the Mets not competing for a playoff spot.

Kevin McGowan is 5-3 with a 3.97 ERA with the 51’s this year. His inflated ERA is due in part to a brutal month of May.

In July, McGowan was solid, pitching to a 3.38 ERA in 10 appearances.

The 25-year-old made the transition to relief pitcher and dominated in 2016 with a 2.35 ERA and 1.091 WHIP in 84.1 innings over three levels.

Though he has seen regression this year, the right-hander tops out in the high-90’s and strikes out hitters at a solid 7.9 K/9 clip and has a consistent breaking ball.

The 28-year-old submariner that is Ben Rowen has had two cups of coffee at the big league level, coming in 2014 and 2016 with the Texas Rangers and Milwaukee Brewers, respectively.

New York inked him to a minor-league deal with an invite to spring training for the 2017 season, but the righty has spent this year exclusively with Las Vegas.

The California native has been hot the last month, lowering his ERA by one run and allowing just three runs in his last 14 innings of work.

He has a career minor league record of 27-13 with a 2.19 ERA and 43 saves in 312 games.

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In addition to McGowan and Rowen, recently acquired Jonathan Albaladejo and longtime Met Josh Edgin could each see time at the big league level again before season end.