With high aspirations coming into the season on the heels of two consecutive playoff appearances, 2017 can be summed up in one word: disastrous.

The injuries have been piling up all season, but that doesn’t excuse the fact that the team has no spark.

There is no more feeling like the 2015 stretch run produced and there is certainly no perseverance from an injury decimated team like the 2016 squad exemplified.

The only feeling left is that of a team that has had the wind knocked out of its sails and for an overall statistically average manager, this year it doesn’t look like the Mets will repeat history.

Mets manager Terry Collins just managed his 1,900th career game and holds a 949-956 win-loss record in 13 seasons, seven games below .500.

In seven of those seasons, Collins finished with an above .500 record, and before 2015, the last time he did it was in 1998 with the Angels.

Since taking the reins as Mets manager in 2011, Collins is 505-522 in the regular season and 8-7 in the postseason. He is what his record says he is. Average.

If you’re the kind of person who relies more on in-game example to have a point proven, don’t worry, I haven’t neglected you.

It’s been said ad nauseam that Collins has a propensity to misuse his bullpen, but just for a point of reference, Mets relief pitchers have already fired 206 innings this year, the fifth most in the major leagues.

While this is due in part to the inability of the starting pitchers to go deep into ball games, Collins has a history of trotting out the same guys over and over again until they become ineffective from being overworked.

Jerry Blevins has been used in a league leading 30 games, Fernando Salas has been used in 29, Josh Edgin in 27 and Paul Sewald in 16 already, despite not starting the season in the majors.

But it’s not just the pitching that’s the issue. It’s the inconsistencies in the lineup.

It’s the beginning of June, and just now is Collins finally giving Wilmer Flores the playing time he deserves instead of the beleaguered Jose Reyes whose .190 average and -0.8 WAR would have him looking for a job if not for the simple fact that he is Jose Reyes.

Michael Conforto had to force his way into the lineup and stay white hot for weeks for Collins to give him everyday playing time, despite Curtis Granderson and his .201 batting average a no-brainer to bench.

Collins has always preached playing the hot hand, but seldom does so. As we have seen countless times, players are often rewarded for big days at the plate by being benched the next day.

How can any player string together any type of consistency when that happens?

Collins contract is set to expire at the end of the season, but with the Mets falling out of contention quickly, they should consider shaking things up and lighting a fire under this team’s rears while the season is still early and can potentially be salvaged.

While it is an incredible feat for Collins, who shattered the all-time games managed record by a Mets manager, it’s time for the brass to make a change.