There’s less than a week left in the regular season, so let’s get right to it: If the $340 million Mets don’t make the playoffs, who is to blame?

And will heads roll?

We’ll tackle that second part at the very end of this column. No peeking!

WHO’S TO BLAME?

(Ranked from who deserves the least blame to who deserves the most.)

3. Manager Carlos Mendoza

This isn’t about Xs and Os. Like every manager, Mendoza has made some head-scratching calls (not using Edwin Diaz for a second inning on Saturday after he had thrown just seven pitches in the 10th inning against Washington is the most recent glaring example ), and his lineups are hard to predict. The Mets always have a reason for why they play certain guys and sit others, but who had a good game the day before and might be getting hot i

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