This was a historically strange week for the New York Mets. Relieving manager Carlos Beltran of his duties  — whether it was necessary or not, which is inconsequential at this point — for his role in the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal leaves New York in a precarious position with less than a month out from pitchers and catchers reporting to Port St. Lucie.

As complicated as this situation is — for the entire league, not just in Flushing — and as likely as it is to continue unfolding, the Mets have too much on their plate right now to look back and wonder. If they want to put themselves in an optimal position to succeed in 2020, this organization needs to turn the page and begin to move forward.

With an unexpected vacancy in the first seat on the bench, in addition to all remaining unfinished offseason business, Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen and team officials have to keep their eye on the ball and get to work. And the first item on the docket is naming one of the qualified candidates already within the organization to replace Beltran.

Whether that be current quality control coach Luis Rojas, who has over a decade in the organization under his belt, newly-hired bench coach and a longtime mainstay on Bruce Bochy‘s staff in San Francisco, Hensley Meulens, or first-base coach Tony DeFrancesco, who managed the Mets’ Triple-A squads the past two seasons, hiring in-house and eliminating the lag-time of a new hire getting acclimated to this roster would be prudent, considering the timeframe.

Though, whoever the team lands on — even if they choose to go the route of a more experienced skipper taking the reins, such as Dusty Baker, Buck Showalter, or John Gibbons, as odd a decision that may hypothetically be considering this team’s push towards a more analytically-based era in recent years — in all honesty, is background noise at this point.

Making sure that this roster is adequately prepared for what, on paper, is shaping up to be an exciting season in the NL East should be at the top of Van Wagenen’s to-do list.

We’ve seen the Mets add Dellin Betances, Brad Brach, and — in all likelihood, in some capacity — Michael Wacha to an already talented bullpen, but another quality reinforcement would eliminate another of those all-too-important ifs Van Wagenen seems to despise so much.

Adding former Astros (and Mets) right-hander Collin McHugh (4.70 ERA, 82 K, 30 BB, 1.23 WHIP, 74.2 IP, .174/.278/.371 slash line against versus lefties last season) would help that cause considerably. Per Baseball Savant, McHugh’s spin rate on his curve (88th percentile) and fastball (77th percentile) are above-average, as is his hard-hit rate (29.9 percent; 92nd percentile).

Those types of metrics combined with the ability to throw six pitches for strikes (four-seam, slider, cutter, curve, change, seldom-used sinker) are appealing. If the price tag is agreeable, the Mets should definitely be in on McHugh.

Former Braves righty Arodys Vizcaino — traded to the Mariners in the Anthony Swarzak deal (he’s also available, for what it’s worth) after undergoing season-ending shoulder surgery — would be an interesting buy-low candidate (.213/.334/.338 slash line against versus lefties) if the team is so inclined to take a chance on the 29-year-old.

According to Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe, veteran backstop and framing extraordinaire (95th percentile last season, per Statcast) Russell Martin hopes to latch on somewhere and is happy to assume a backup role. The soon-to-be 37-year-old brings leadership to a young-ish team and defensive excellence behind the plate.

The Mets should be exploring this option in earnest — he’d likely cost much less than Austin Hedges would in a trade with San Diego and fits New York’s needs to a tee.

And, of course, Starling Marte is still lingering out there on the trade market. Whether Pittsburgh GM Ben Cherington is still dead-set on dealing the 31-year-old All-Star is debatable. But if the price is right (read: J.D. Davis and/or Brandon Nimmo are off the table), oh, what an addition that would be.

As you can see, for the tenants of the penthouse offices at 41 Seaver Way in Flushing all the way down to the guys in the clubhouse, there’s more important, pressing matters to address than what transpired this week. In a little over two months and counting, there’s a season to play. Let’s focus on the present and the future, not the past.