After losing to the Miami Marlins yesterday by a score of 5-2, the Mets now own a 32-48 record on the season and a .400 winning percentage which ranks as the worst in the National League.

Yes, just seeing the Mets at the very bottom of the standings is enough to make your blood boil, but quite honestly that’s not even what I care about anymore considering they have been out of contention for weeks now and have just been one of the least interesting teams in baseball since their 12-2 start in April.

What’s really bothering me is the lack of effort that seems to be coming along with it and the lack of accountability associated with that.

Okay, let’s start in the sixth inning for this. With runners on the corners and two outs with the score tied at two, JT Riddle hit a soft groundball to Wilmer Flores that he took his sweet time to field and Riddle managed to reach first safely which in turn allowed Justin Bour to score.

Then, in the top of the seventh, Jose Reyes comes in as a pinch-hitter and hits a ground ball to Riddle at shortstop, in which he gets thrown out. However, Reyes basically stopped running about halfway down the line and walked to the first base bag at the end.

In his defense, though, Mickey Callaway said after the game that he might have slowed down because he feared he might be hurt.

“It looked like that to us too. I went and talked to Rey-Rey, and he said he felt something coming out of the box. He was scared he was going to pull something. So he pulled up halfway.”

Whatever the case, the lack of hustle and toughness doesn’t end there. With two out in the bottom of the inning and Derek Dietrich standing on first base, Amed Rosario made a clumsy defensive miscue on a Brian Anderson ground ball that allowed both him and Dietrich to be safe. In the next at-bat, J.T. Realmuto extended the Marlins lead to 5-2 on a two-run double that never would have happened had Rosario simply fielded the ball cleanly.

I’ve mentioned a lot of things in this article that really could piss anyone off, but personally, that isn’t even my biggest gripe with this whole situation.

That lies with Mickey Callaway’s naive belief that this team plays hard every day for him still as he intimated once again after yesterday’s game when he said that this team “plays the right way.”

I really wish I could say that comment is a joke. That is so far from the truth right now that the idea of him saying that is absolutely absurd.

Listen it’s his first year as manager and I am not going to even mention the idea of a certain action in regards to his tenure in New York yet, but come on Mickey Callaway.

He can’t possibly believe that in the slightest. He sees this team every single inning of every single game and that statement is so far from the truth and to try to convince anyone otherwise is an extremely futile effort on his part.

It’s time to hold the players accountable.