The first half of the season for the Mets is miraculously over, as they stumbled to a 39-55 overall record with a 6-1 loss to Washington Sunday afternoon.

Their 39 wins and .415 winning percentage is good for worst in the majors, behind the 41-57 Miami Marlins, who made no effort to even compete this year.

New York’s first leg of the 2018 campaign was marred by injuries, under performance and lack of depth, leading to a monumental collapse after a promising 11-1 start.

First-year manager Mickey Callaway seemed to be pressing all the right buttons early on, but has since had to endure backlash for questionable in-game decisions while the Mets continued to tank.

Regardless, this is somewhat to be expected from a coach who has never managed in any capacity prior to this year, and that’s likely why an industry source recently told Kristie Ackert of the Daily News that Callaway will at least get a shot to start next season as the Mets skipper.

However, it is imperative that Callaway learns from the mistakes he’s made this year in order to succeed as a manager in New York.

When he was first named as the replacement for longtime manager Terry Collins, Callaway said he was going to love his players like they’ve never been loved before. He also preached accountability, but we haven’t seen much of that in his post-game pressers.

Sure, you don’t want to tear into your team on a daily basis, but when you’re 16 games under .500, you can’t continue to hand participation trophies out to players who quite frankly stunk that day.

Hopefully, Callaway has also learned from batting out of order, has learned from his questionable comments about how it’s hard to play in New York, being outwitted by other first year managers and realizes how it imperative it is to make wise in-game decisions.

On Sunday, we saw Callaway yank starter Corey Oswalt who had yielded just one run over five innings and 59 pitches. Oswalt was rolling and going into the All-Star break, could have benefited from going deeper into the game with the upcoming days off.

Instead, we saw the shoddy bullpen come in yet again and blow the game, sending the Mets into the All-Star break on a low note.

Reportedly, the higher ups are aware of the mistakes Callaway has made, but are going to work with him in order to help him succeed going forward. However, he may very well be on a short leash next season.

Bottom line, Callaway is a first-year manager who the Mets probably shouldn’t have hired because he had no prior managerial experience, but with that being said, they set him up for failure. They gave him a coaching staff, and more specifically a bench coach, with no National League experience, and they gave him an injury prone group of misfits and washed up veterans to work with. But behind it all, a lot of decisions have not come down to him, as we all know.

You can’t pin all of the Mets woes on him. So sure, let Mickey get another stab at it next year. But if certain modes of operating he uses continues, it might be time to hit the road.